One Step

[@JonathonNeville]

Great! Anyone know the names of some of the moves (state the time)? Is the choreography written out somewhere? (I know back in the day it would more likely have been improvised than choreographed, but perhaps this reconstruction was choreographed, yes?) ---- Also: I'm still trying to understand why it was called One Step. If it was danced with one step per beat, never more, never less, then that name would make sense, but that's not quite how it is danced, so....?

[@vintagedancesociety892]

The Whirl of Life (1914, you can actually see the Castles dance); the Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939, Fred and Gingers version of Vernon and Irene dancing). Most of these dances (waltz, foxtrot, one-step, tango, hesitation waltz, etc.) were done by everyday people on the dance floor; they would typically not have been choreographed (though there were a number of professional dancers who did choreographed performances). Yes, this reconstruction was choreographed. It is called the one step, because the basic steps are danced one step to the beat. Though there are many variations and they are not always danced "one step to the beat".