Bostella

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The Bostella is a fashion dance . It was invented around 1965 by the French journalist Yvan Honoré Bostel in Paris and named after him.

The Bostella is danced in a group. The performers clap their hands while dancing, this step is called Allegresse . In the slow music you have to bend your knees or throw yourself down and roll on the floor, this step is called détresse or lamentation . The Bostella is a music-related dance that can only be danced to a specific piece of music.

In the film “ What's New, Pussy? “ Romy Schneider and Peter O'Toole danced the Bostella in 1965.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Up and down . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1965 ( online ).
  2. Jump up ↑ The Latest Dance: Bostella . ( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt , January 8, 1965
  3. ↑ Tanzsportlexikon, Bostella, Tanzsportzentrum Braunschweig