|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Fox Trot is the
foundation of Smoothe Dances.
In 1913,
vaudeville comedian, Harry Fox, introduced a trotting step to
rag time music during the hit musical productions of the
Ziegfeld Follies in New York. In 1914 the American Society
of Professors of Dancing standardized the step of the "Foxtrot"
as we now it today. Arthur Murray himself got started by
selling these printed dance steps through the mail for 10 cents
each. To this day the Foxtrot remains to be America's best
loved dance.
|
Timing
Music = 4/4 Timing - 4 beats per bar
Steps Rhythm* = S, S, Q, Q (Slow, slow, quick, quick)
Steps Counts = 1-2, 3-4, 5,6
*Remember every Slow equals two Quicks.
|
Music
The Foxtrot is a jazzy and lively dance performed to slow and
fast tempos. . Traditionally danced to big band music but
can really be danced to any 2/4 or 4/4 timing which is virtually
any song.
Examples:
Frank Sinatra - "Fly Me to the Moon", "I've Got You Under My
Skin"
Harry Connick, Jr. - "It Has to Be You"
|
Styling
The
foxtrot is a traveling dance moving counter clockwise ("Line of
Dance"). Forward steps should be long and with a heel
lead. Side steps should be short and led with the ball of
your foot. There is no motion above the hips, only the
legs move..
|
|
|
