This key step is complete in two measures. It will be noted that the first measure is devoted to a walking step.
Elevation: the “1” beat in the second bar is accompanied by a slight dip. Toward the last of the second bar the dancers slowly draw themselves up until, on “3,” they are raised to the ball of the supporting foot. The man’s right leg, as it draws the right foot up to place “3,” is distinctly relaxed.
Note, in the second bar, that the right foot continues to move during the second beat.
The step is performed in either open or closed position of the couple. If the former, the woman’s steps are identical with the man’s; if the latter, the converse. If in open position, the travel is forward.
To turn in the regular direction, the step indicated in the second measure is in use.
2. The Reverse is effected by an alternation of Boston Dips with an equal number of measures of old-fashioned Waltz (see Boston Dip). Dip in measures where the right foot is in posterior position without aid of a shortened step or of a left-foot pivot; in other words, measures in which the right foot is forced into posterior position.