bolero

Spanish dance in moderate triple time (3/4), invented in the late 18th century. It is performed by a solo dancer or a couple, usually with castanet accompaniment, and is still a contemporary form of dance in Caribbean countries. In music, Maurice Ravel's one-act ballet score Boléro (1928) is the most famous example.

Bolero

Consortium launched in 1999 to introduce an electronic paperless environment for international trading finance. Bolero was created by the world's logistics and banking communities. The aim was to remove the inefficiencies of international trade by moving it onto the Internet, allowing documents and data to be exchanged online.

By 2006, most of the world's major banks and container shipping companies, as well as many multinational corporations, had joined Bolero.

Bolero

Orchestral work by Maurice Ravel, commissioned as a ballet by Ida Rubinstein and first performed by her in Paris, France, on 22 November 1928. It consists entirely of a single theme of Spanish character, repeated over and over again with different orchestration and in a gradual taut crescendo.