How do you dance the foxtrot
Foxtrot Dance Steps
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Foxtrot Basics
Foxtrot is a smooth dance, traveling around the line of dance. The long walking movements involve a subtle rise & fall action. Turning movements are similar to Waltz, but with a more moderate rise and fall, and more length-wise action.
International Foxtrot syllabus has only closed dance position but in American Foxtrot, both open and closed dance positions are allowed. The Foxtrot originally started with slow and quick steps but soon evolved to include twinkles and chasses.
The Foxtrot is danced to music written in 4/4 time with the first and third beats of each measure more heavily accented. It is danced in combinations of slow and quick steps, with each slow step taking two beats and each quick step one beat of music.
Therefore, a dance basic figure in slow, slow, quick, quick rhythm takes one and a half measures, while a dance figure in slow, quick, quick rhythm takes one measure.
Foxtrot is extremely versatile and can be danced to a variety of musical styles and tempi. Foxtrot music has a tempo of 29 to 34 measures per minute.
Foxtrot is danced in a closed ballroom dance position hold. In closed position, the man and lady stand in front of each other, slightly offset to the left.
The lady's right hand and man's left hand are joined in an upper-hand clasp at approximately the lady's shoulder level.
The man's right hand is placed on the lady's shoulder blade, with the lady's left arm resting on his right.
Foxtrot Basic Forward
How to Dance a Basic Forward Step
Rhythm - Slow, slow, quick, quick. Foxtrot music is 4/4 timing which means there are 4 beats to 1 bar of music. A slow is 2 beats and a quick is 1 beat.
Men
Men start facing line of dance. (Hint: Face slightly toward the right wall of the room, or you'll eventually hit the left wall.)
- Start with feet together and weight on right foot
- With left foot take 1 walking step forward (slow)
- Step forward with right foot (slow)
- Step sideways with left foot (quick)
- Close right foot to left foot (quick)
- You'll end with your weight on right foot, ready to 'rinse, repeat' with left foot.
Man's foot position
Rhythm - Slow, slow, quick, quick.
Foxtrot Basic forwardStep diagram by Centralhome.com
Ladies
- Start with feet together and weight on left foot
- With right foot take 1 walking step backward (slow)
- Step back with left foot (slow)
- Step sideways with right foot (quick)
- Close left foot to right foot (quick)
- You'll end with your weight on left foot, ready to 'rinse, repeat' with right foot.
Foxtrot Basic Backward
Man's foot position
Start position
Foxtrot basic backward stepStep diagram by Centralhome.com
Rhythm - Slow, slow, quick, quick.
Foxtrot Rock Left Turn
Man's foot position
Foxtrot Rock left turnStep diagram by Centralhome.com
Rhythm - Slow, slow, quick, quick.
Foxtrot Forward progressive
Man's foot position
Foxtrot forward progressiveStep diagram by Centralhome.com
Rhythm - Slow, slow, quick, quick.
Foxtrot Promenade Step
Man's and lady's foot position
Foxtrot promenade stepsStep diagram by Centralhome.com
Start
Rhythm - Slow, slow, quick, quick
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Foxtrot is a smooth, elegant, easy to learn dance, very popular at wide variety of social events, including wedding receptions. It's one of the most beautiful ballroom dances characterized by long, flowing movements.
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Quick intro
Foxtrot is named after its originator, Harry Fox, who was a Vaudeville performer in New York in the 1910s.
Because he was having a hard time finding female dancers capable of performing the difficult two-step, he added trotting steps to ragtime music. People soon referred to his dance as Fox's Trot.
Foxtrot includes basic elements found in most other dances, so when you learn it you acquire a good foundation to learn other popular dance forms. It is highly versatile and can be danced to a variety of musical styles and tempos. From slow and romantic to quick and jazzy. Popular vocalists for foxtrot include Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Shore, and many, many more.
Basic steps
The basic elements of foxtrot are walking steps and side steps. The long walking movements also involve a rise & fall action, which is similar to waltz, although more subtle. The basic box step is also similar to waltz steps – the main difference being timing (foxtrot is 4/4, waltz is 3/4).
If you already know how to waltz, then learning foxtrot will be just a matter of rhythm.
The basic rhythm is slow, slow, quick, quick. The slow steps use 2 beats of music and the quick steps use one. The slow steps are long and elegant, and the quick steps are short and energetic. As already mentioned, the music is played in 4/4 timing.
Foxtrot is danced in a normal closed position, which means facing your partner and holding them close.
Instructions & Diagrams:
Stand upright with your feet together. Face each other, lady puts her right hand in his left. His right hand is on her left shoulder blade, her left hand is on his right arm.
Basic Steps - Gentleman
Basic forward
- Step forward with your left foot (slow step)
- Step forward with your right foot (slow step)
- Sidestep to the left with your left foot (quick step)
- Move your right foot to your left foot (quick step)
Basic backward
- Step backward with your left foot (slow step)
- Step backward with your right foot (slow step)
- Sidestep to the left with your left foot (quick step)
- Move your right foot to your left foot (quick step)
Basic Steps – Lady
Basic forward
- Step backward with your right foot (slow step)
- Step backward with your left foot (slow step)
- Sidestep to the right with your right foot (quick step)
- Move your left foot to your right foot (quick step)
Basic backward
- Step forward with your right foot (slow step)
- Step forward with your left foot (slow step)
- Sidestep to the right with your right foot (quick step)
- Move your left foot to your right foot (quick step)
Video
In the following video Leon and Kim will show you the basic forward.
You will also learn how to achieve smoothness in your movements:
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Now that you know basic forward, try doing basic backward. It's the same thing, only that you move... backwards (from the perspective of the leader). And then you can mix the two together.
Ok, so now that you've mastered the basic step, lets do something a bit different. In the next video (from Learn & Master Ballroom Dance) you will learn the Left Turning Box. Timing will change here to slow, quick, quick instead of the basic slow, slow, quick, quick.
Where to go next?
When you're ready for more, check out the recommended video lessons. With a good video training program, you can quickly rise to the next level.
And you dance the foxtrot ~ Poetry (World of Soul)
[Mila Kuznetsova]
Printable version
And you dance the foxtrot
At our summer playground.
Soloist sings past the notes,
Changing phrases furtively.
He is not ready to speak.
He doesn't speak English well.
But you will understand a couple of words,
Don't let him get close.
Believe me, he is not for you.
He is Lovelace, Casanova.
He catches glances jokingly,
Falling in love again and again.
Beautiful and young
In crepe georgette flounces,
Through adversity-years
You will remember a wonderful summer.
Will you remember this foxtrot
And a dressed up dress.
Let the soloist was not the same.
Was there happiness in him?
Job Rating: 77
Number of Reviews: 14
Number of Posts: 4
Number of Views: 732
© 25.
08.2012 Mila Kuznetsova
Certificate of Publication: IZBA-2012-623020
Tags: Kostozh Geget, Dance School, Youth,
Curric of the work:> Mir of the soul
Olga Kopteva 09/19/2012 16:49:47 9000 Feedback: positive
Hello, Mila!!!
Here I am again. How many things you missed!
Your poems always remind of something dear and sweet.
I also sewed my own dresses in which I went to dances.
Of course, I didn’t have georgette crepe, I sewed silk.
What a wonderful time it was!
You understand about it only now...
With warmth, Olga.
Svetlana Yantarina 15.09.2012 20:32:42
Review: positive
A very light, cute rhyme, like the dress itself made of crepe Georgette.
And we had a dance floor in the park in our city, and we girls went to watch how they danced
older guys. Eyes burned and faces from those dances!
and I have a poem "Silk Dress", just in this topic.
Come in. Svetlana.
Lidiya Feoktistova 08/30/2012 23:12:32
Review: positive
Oh, darling, where are my years? I loved to dance fast dances so much, although I can still spin around in a waltz.
Wonderful your foxtrot, and truthful beautiful words!!! Dance while your strength and health allow!!!
Joy and happiness to you!
P.S. I wrote you a review yesterday, didn't you notice it, I didn't get an answer. With warmth!
Mila Kuznetsova 08/31/2012 20:07:34
Lidonka, I noticed everything, I am very grateful! Problems with the computer, while under repair. we use one laptop for the whole family, for grabs. I get it last. Thanks!!!
Nadezhda Kaposhko 08/30/2012 20:49:28
Review: positive
Will you remember this foxtrot
And a dressed up dress.
Let the soloist was not the same.
But there was happiness in my youth.
Mila, I admire your ability to say like this - touching and understandable...
Mila Kuznetsova 08/31/2012 20:25:35
Oh, Nadyusha, I don't know for sure, is it worth admiring my lines? I rarely get anything worthwhile. But I'm trying. Thank you. I'll run to you tomorrow, for sure. The computer is broken and needs to be repaired. We use one laptop for all. Members of a close-knit family breathe in the back, stand in line)))). With a smile.
Victor Panov 08/30/2012 05:27:01 PM
Review: positive
OH and AH... painfully familiar.
We danced ... did you dream everything or what?
Andrey Arafailov 08/28/2012 17:17:55
Review: positive
This is beautiful and touching... I love your poems. The soul is drawn to the sincere and pure... It's in your lines.
Olga Shakhovskaya 08/28/2012 08:06:34
Review: positive
The lines of the poem return to the youth of the parents when
foxtrot was fashionable and chic ladies wore crepe georgette,
sewn by a familiar tailor.
The last century ... Soon they will say the same about us,
time is relentless...
Good luck, Mila! :-))
Olga
Sirena 27.08.2012 20:29:51
Review: positive
Ah, these youthful loves. The most important thing is youth.
Lev Courten 26.08.2012 22:15:03
Review: positive
Lyric and nothing more. Vadim Tsivlin
About those pictures from time immemorial.
Typical provincial town,
And a dance floor, to the accordion.
We put on the best clothes,
Snotty ladies solemnly led
And our bold hopes ripened,
And puffed up before them as best they could.
A Saturdays and Sundays
A military brass band played.
We danced like the imagination led,
And the music was all around.
Touched by your poems, touched! And exposed
some memory lapses. But it's good!
Thank you!
With a smile, Vadim
Mila Kuznetsova 27.
08.2012 15:25:01
Thank you, Vadim. This verse was written according to the recollections of my mother, who was the youngest of the sisters and she always had to alter and reshape old dresses in order to go to the dance :)))
Konstantin Atyurievskiy 26.08.2012 12:56:38
Review: positive
Pivet, Mila! A very touching poem. I especially liked the first and last stanzas.
Natalia Rodivilina 08/26/2012 08:42:56
Feedback: positive
ZDOROVO!!! I liked it very much!
Warmly, Natasha
Tatyana Kocharyan0009 There was a breath of youth, excitement, movement, madness, enthusiasm, youthful maximalism. All at once, like a shaft covered.
You know how to "kill" in a good sense of the word. Ready to die from the beauty of your lines and their spiritual mood.
Dear, thank you for your lively creativity.
Tanya with tenderness and warmth.
Lyubava ♫ 25.
08.2012 19:01:57
Review: positive
Dear, hello!
Nice poem! Feel the mood .. wonderful!
"... Let the soloist was not the same.
But there was happiness in my youth..."
liked it very much!
with warmth Lyubasha
Mila Kuznetsova 08/25/2012 19:02:51
Hello, Lyubasha. Now I'll run to you.
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