Closed position
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In partner dancing, closed position is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other.
Dance at Bougival, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883
Waltz
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The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance, in triple time, performed primarily in closed position, originating from German-speaking regions of Europe in the 18th century. Along with the ländler and allem
Detail from frontispiece to Thomas Wilson Correct Method of German and French Waltzing (1816), showing nine positions of the waltz, clockwise from the left (the musicians are at far left). At that time, the waltz was a relatively new dance in England, and the fact that it was a couples dance (as opposed to the traditional group dances), and that the gentleman clasped his arm around the lady's waist, gave it a dubious moral status.
The Waltz, by Camille Claudel (cast in 1905)