Social Dancing 101 “Open” Foxtrot

FOXTROT – The Foxtrot was developed by Harry Fox, a vaudeville actor of the 1910’s decade. Fox’s Trot was developed as part of a dance routine, and caught on because it was so much more interesting than the monotonous one-step and two step dances it replaced. The variety offered in foxtrot’s combinations of quicks and slows allows for a much wider range of steps. Foxtrot is danced to big band music and is characterized by a soft rippling movement, called “lilting”.