Boston (dance)

The Boston refers to various step dances, considered a slow Americanized version of the waltz^[1]^[2] presumably named after where it originated.^[1] It is completed in one measure with the weight kept on the same foot through two successive beats.^[3] The "original" Boston is also known as the New York Boston or Boston Point.^[4]

Variations of the Boston include:

The Long Boston^[5]^[6] also known as the Philadelphia Boston,^[6] the Walking Boston^[7] or the One Step Waltz.^[6]^[7]
The One-Step.^[8]
The Short Boston,.^[5]
The Dip Boston.^[5]
The Spanish Boston^[9]
The French Boston^[1]
The Herring Bone Boston^[10]
The English Boston or Three-Step Boston.^[11]
The Four-Step Boston or Four-Step Waltz.^[12]
The Five-Step Boston^[2] or Five-Step Waltz.^[13]
The Seven-Step Boston.^[14]
The Double Boston or Cross Boston or Count of Luxembourg Staircase Valse^[15]
The Triple Boston^[16]
The Triple Double Boston^[17]
The Russian Boston^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Moore, Arabella E. (1900). The dance, ancient and modern / translated from the French. Philadelphia, Pa.: A. Moore. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b Swepstone, Eileen (1914). The tango, as standardized and taught by the representative dancing masters of the North American continent. Vancouver, B.C.: J. H. Welch. p. 14.
^ Kinney, Troy (1914). Social dancing of to-day, demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson; with text, twenty-nine diagrams and fifty-two illustrations from photographs by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co. p. 21.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 90.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kinney, Troy (1914). Social dancing of to-day, demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson; with text, twenty-nine diagrams and fifty-two illustrations from photographs by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co. p. 22.
^ ^a ^b ^c Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 83.
^ ^a ^b Walker, Caroline (1914). The modern dances, how to dance them: complete instructions for learning the tango, or one step, the Castle walk, the walking Boston, the hesitation waltz, the dream waltz, the Argentine tango (3rd ed.). Chicago: Saul Brothers. p. 35.
^ Swepstone, Eileen (1914). The tango, as standardized and taught by the representative dancing masters of the North American continent. Vancouver, B.C.: J. H. Welch. p. 15.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 86.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 88.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 92.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 93.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 94.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 96.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 98.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 100.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 101.
^ Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 103.

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[Moore26-1] Moore, Arabella E. (1900). The dance, ancient and modern / translated from the French. Philadelphia, Pa.: A. Moore. p. 26.

[Tango14-2] Swepstone, Eileen (1914). The tango, as standardized and taught by the representative dancing masters of the North American continent. Vancouver, B.C.: J. H. Welch. p. 14.

[Kinney21-3] Kinney, Troy (1914). Social dancing of to-day, demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson; with text, twenty-nine diagrams and fifty-two illustrations from photographs by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co. p. 21.

[Newman90-4] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 90.

[Kinney22-5] Kinney, Troy (1914). Social dancing of to-day, demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson; with text, twenty-nine diagrams and fifty-two illustrations from photographs by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co. p. 22.

[Newman83-6] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 83.

[Walker35-7] Walker, Caroline (1914). The modern dances, how to dance them: complete instructions for learning the tango, or one step, the Castle walk, the walking Boston, the hesitation waltz, the dream waltz, the Argentine tango (3rd ed.). Chicago: Saul Brothers. p. 35.

[Tango15-8] Swepstone, Eileen (1914). The tango, as standardized and taught by the representative dancing masters of the North American continent. Vancouver, B.C.: J. H. Welch. p. 15.

[Newman86-9] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 86.

[Newman88-10] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 88.

[Newman92-11] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 92.

[Newman93-12] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 93.

[Newman94-13] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 94.

[Newman96-14] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 96.

[Newman98-15] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 98.

[Newman100-16] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 100.

[Newman101-17] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 101.

[Newman103-18] Newman, Albert W. (1914). Dances of to-day. Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co. p. 103.

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