Quickstep spelling

[waltzguy]

Sort of a trivial question.

Is it "Quickstep" or "Quick Step"?

[BasicsFirst]

According to Webster's, Random House, and Princeton's online dictionary it's "quickstep", all one word.

[tangotime]

Sort of a trivial question.

Is it "Quickstep" or "Quick Step"?


originally called, quick-time f/trot ,that became quickstep, 1 word

[piimapoika]

For those who care about such things, here is the full story:

In 1925 and 1926 the prestigious Star Championships featured the standard four dances of the time: waltz, foxtrot, tango, and one-step (always spelled with the hyphen).

In 1927 the one-step was dropped and a new dance called the "quick time foxtrot and charleston" substituted. Described by the winners Frank Ford and Molly Spain as " lots of QTFT with splashes of charleston here and there to liven it up. The dance was actually made up of quarter turns, cross chasses, cortes, ordinary open reverse turns and flat charleston."

Later in 1927 the teacher Josephine Bradley was calling this dance the "quickstep", spelled as one word.

The so-called "Great Conference" of dance teachers held on 14th April 1929, which led to the formation of the Official Board of Ballroom Dancing, moved: "every effort must be made to accustom the public to the use of the name 'quickstep' and that the music publishers and gramophone companies must be asked ... to co-operate in this matter."

Source: PJS Richardson, "History of English Ballroom Dancing",1946.

[Josh]

great info both TT and piimapoika!

[waltzguy]

Cool. Thanks all.