WALTZ DISPLACING JAZZ
“BLUE DANUBE” IN PARIS. This winter may mark a turningpoint in the evolution of what used to be called “ballroom dancing.” There seem to bo distinct signs that the American dances are losing ground, and that the incurably romantic spirit of Europe is demanding something a little more satisfying than eternal jazz. Recently a Paris orchestra (siiys a Reuter telegram), after having played innumerable Blues, Charlestons, and Black Bottoms, puzzled the younger folk by breaking into the strains of the “Blue Danube.” First one or two couples, then more and more were lured by the music, and soon the floor was covered by dancers waltzing, in the modern fashion it is true, to the air to which their grandmothers danced. The experiment was an undoubted success. The same experiment is being repeated on the Riviera, where the Boston is played six or seven times in an evening. It is really beginning to Took as if the waltz is coming into its own again.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19787, 10 March 1927, Page 9
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