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] also known as Boston dip (steps of the dance were accentuated through a bend of the knees, with the center of gravity "dipping").^[9]
• The Spanish Boston^[10]
• The French Boston^[1]
• The Herring Bone Boston^[11]
• The English Boston or Three-Step Boston.^[12]
• The Four-Step Boston or Four-Step Waltz.^[13]
• The Five-Step Boston^[2] or Five-Step Waltz.^[14]
• The Seven-Step Boston.^[15]
• The Double Boston or Cross Boston or Count of Luxembourg Staircase Valse^[16]
• The Triple Boston^[17]
• The Triple Double Boston^[18]
• The Russian Boston^[19]