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It is a fast [[waltz]], with the dancers very close together; in fact, some men place their hands on their partner's [[buttocks]] while dancing it. This of course led some of the more respectable bal-musette dance halls to ban the java.

There is also a [[nightclub]] in [[Paris]], ''La Java'', which had its heyday in the 1930s and remains open today, but with modern musics

== Titles ==

* [[Edith Piaf]] - ''L'accordéoniste'':

:''Elle écoute la Java'' (She listens to the Java)<br />

:''Mais elle ne la danse pas'' (but she doesn't dance it) <br />

:''Elle ne regarde même pas la piste'' (She doesn't even look at the dance floor) <br />

* [[Georgette Plana]] - ''la java bleue''

In Edith Piaf's song L'Accordeoniste, she sings about the dance :

''Elle écoute la Java'' (She listens to the Java)<br />

''Mais elle ne la danse pas'' (but she doesn't dance it) <br />

''Elle ne regarde même pas la piste'' (She doesn't even look at the dance floor) <br />

[[Category:European dances]]

[[Category:French music]]