Are you aware that there is a " Box " variation in F/Trot..not seen much these days.. P. Egg. was a user at one time ...

"Are you aware that there is a " Box " variation in F/Trot..not seen much these days."

By coincidence, I taught the box and whiplash combination to a group just this weekend!

WOW !!.... wish I had the level of students that would understand and appreciate that !... its all about social here and now.. ( havent heard or taught the Whiplash in yrs )

Yes, I have learned both American and International. I much prefer International but as other posters have said, many social dancers (in North America) dance the rumba and waltz box steps as the basic steps in those dances.

Guilty as charged. We do box step in rumba, Fox Trot, Waltz in American style. So if someone asked me, I would first wonder why they were asking, since it is a basic you first learn. But I would definitely say yes.
I like the fluidity and steps in International style, but not many folks around here teach it or dance it in a social setting. I would describe myself exactly as acoyne4521 posts -- I pretty much do whatever I want in a social setting and stick to the task at hand in the studio or when doing a routine for a show or program in our community. I would guess that describes most of us.
Long live the box step.

The box step is the equivelent of the closed change step used in international style in the waltzes, but with "box rhythm," SQQ. (It is sometimes used in quickstep with box rtyhm.) Just as some people have wrenches, some have spanners.

I've used it in the Samba as well. It is a good linking step and can help to get a change of direction if a figure leads you against LOD.

The reason for the question is that my fiancee,who also is a dance teacher, told me that she thought dancers trained ONLY in Int. style would still know what a box step was and I disagreed since I am not aware of it in any INT style dance.

So I said "I'll post a question on the board"

So far she appears to be winning this conflict.

Actually, there are many Intern. style dancers who are not aware of the " Box " variation.. primarily due to its lack of usage over the yrs ( like many variations that come and go ) and.. the Box as you know it is not taught in most UK schools, even tho the Amer.style is know being introduced, its primarily thru the Silver standard.

And for you younger folks.. the Rumba we danced and taught in the 40s/50s was a Square form.( I still teach this style in my social classes )

OK. I give up. I am crashing and burning in defeat here.