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Harry Fox: Fox Trot
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In 1913, Harry Fox, a Vuadeville comedian, introduced the a trot to a ragtime song in a 1913 Ziegfeld Follies that pushed other trots in the background. It became America's most popular dance and remains so to this day as the standard of social dances.
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Harry Fox, a Vaudeville star who trotted around the stage with various partners, chosen alternately from a dancing group, is generally accepted as the initiator of the Fox Trot. Mr. Fox was believed to be the first to use the "slow step"; hence the birth of the Fox Trot.
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Foxtrot – Foxtrot originated in 1914 by vaudeville actor Harry fox. As part of his act, Harry Fox dance trotting steps to ragtime music and it was soon referred to as “Fox’s Trot”. Soon, the elite of the dancing world were trying to capture the unusual style of movement. Foxtrot is equally popular today in the modern world and is considered the most “social” dance in ballroom dancing.
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Fox, the Fox Trot was the first dance that permitted people to hold each other closer than arm's length. If you think the term "dirty dancing" was a product of the 80s, think again. The Fox Trot was at first to be tagged "indecent behavior". Today it's still the most popular of all social dances. Some people refer to the Fox Trot as the "Slow Dance" or the "Two-Step", or a "Conversational Dance" because of it's closeness and conversation ability at the same time. The Fox Trot is good for developing "smoothness" and "ease of movement".
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Fox Trot music is written in 2/4 or 4/4 time. The first and third beats are accented in 4/4 time. The range of Fox Trot tempos makes it possible to consider Foxtrot as though it were three dances: Slow Fox Trot; Medium Fox Trot; and Fast Fox Trot... called Society Tempo. Fox Trot has two major teaching rhythms: Magic Rhythm - Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick (SSQQ) and Box Rhythm - Slow, Quick, Quick (SQQ).
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A basic understanding of the Fox Trot's rhythm and form will help you to pick up other dance steps with ease. In the Fox Trot, the first and third beats of every measure are more strongly accented than the second and fourth. It is danced in combinations of slow and quick steps, the most popular rhythms being slow-slow-quick-quick and slow-quick-quick. Each slow step counts for 2 beats while each quick step counts for one.
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