I wrote about this Subject on a different thread manymooms ago.
I know not the Texas two step and can't remember how the Mazurka is danced but when I was there I did attempt to dance the pronounced
" Fohho ".
The dance is like a very quick (requiring lots of energy) and is akin to a very quick waltz and cosequently not affording much oxygen for small talk. Pardon me for cheapening the matter but is very much like watching Freddy Flintstone and his wife dancing quickly.
Certainly the dance (I can't speak for the music genre ) only dates back to the end of the world war. Now, which one, I'm not entirely certain, but I feel it was WWII, anyway ,by way of a celebration the Americans who had military and merchant ships docked in Rio,orgnised and invited the Rio population and erected posters which highlighted "DANCE FOR ALL".
FOR ALL is/was "Corrupted" by the Cariocas pronounciation, and the word went round "Forro".
Given that the whole thing was started by the US marines gives weight to it being a Texas 2-step , but maybe, in conjunction with the well known song, perhaps it was a Texas 3 steps (To Heaven) as I don't suppose the American Fleet was blessed with dancing instructors.
It must have been the most marvellous place to be , when all of this first came to pass.
As with all things Brazilian - they make a very sensuous affair of the dance , and experts are very much admired.
Dear me ,what memories !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially as Winter draws on as I write in the UK.