FOX TROT

– AMERICAN STYLE SMOTH –

In 1913 an American comedian called Harry Fox introduced a trotting movement on a ragtime song! From here began a real fashion becoming a fox trot dance more popular in America! The English version of this dance was much slower for this called Slow fox trot.

MOVEMENT CHARACTERISTIC

It is one of the most elegant dances, which is why dancers acquire fluency in movements that become long and sinuous!

MUSICAL TIME

The music is written in a 2/4 or 4/4 time. The most accentuated bars are the first and third.