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[Kristjan Saag]

David Lennick wrote:
>>> When dancing something other than the waltz began to take off, in the
>>> early 1910s/ snip

I wrote:
>> Mazurka?
>> Polka?
>> Scotch Reel?
>> Quadrille?
>> Schottische?
>> Redowa?
>> Varsouvienne?
>> Galop?
>> Two-Step?
>> Krakowiak?
>> Cakewalk?

Steven C Barr wrote:
> Mainly, One-Step, Two-Step and the brand-new "Fox Trot!"
> Traditional folk dances (like most of what you list above...!)
> were starting to disappear!

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That's what I wanted to say. At the turn of the 20th century it wasn't just 
waltz that was danced, but a lot of other dances as well.
Besides: the "traditional folk dances" above were all ballroom variations of 
folk dances. Just as most modern dances have folk dance roots as well.
Kristjan