Silver Slow Foxtrot - Review of Basic Steps

[foxtrot72ful]

I love anything to do with ballroom dance

[Hoang302]

Many thanks. I appreciate all your lessons. Is it true to say that there are 2 FOXTROTS: Slow Foxtrot and Foxtrot . Each has different counting ( Slow Foxtrot:: slow quick quick; Foxtrot: slow slow qucik quick ) ? Foxtrot is easier to learn than Slow Foxtrot.

[aanw97]

@Hoang302

There are 3 kinds of Foxtrot- social or rhythm foxtrot which is the easiest for beginners (SSQQ), International style Slow Foxtrot, American style Foxtrot. The latter two are more complicated dances and the step patterns have many different rhythms, not just SQQ, or SSQQ, or QQS, etc.

Andy, The Grand Ballroom

[thechriston]

@Hoang302

To find out more about Foxtrot styles, you could try researching by these names: The Slow Foxtrot (the basic is timed as S,Q,Q; also called the International Foxtrot, 4-count foxtrot, and British Foxtrot); The Social Foxtrot (the basic is timed as S,S,Q,Q,; also called the American Foxtrot and 6-count foxtrot) and Foxtrot Slow Dance (also called Slow Dance Foxtrot, the basic is timed as S,S,S,S and forms a box using 8 steps rather than the 6 steps used in the Slow Foxtrot). Chris

[Santor6]

Could somebody explain what is that "metal" in comments? Eg silver, bronze, gold? Is this is some secret meaning? I see only beginners steps. Nothing gold. Maybe this is silver that they 20 years dancing together? I don't understand. Or this is silver for retirement people that can't do any better.

[priapus56]

@Santor6 ..Truly amazing, the depth of the ignorance of some of the people who post on youtube..

[DancesportDevotee]

@Santor6 Hahaha, no, the 'metal' doesn't signify their dance anniversary. It actually represents different levels of difficulty in the ISTD International Style dancing syllabus. Bronze is the 1st level (beginner level), Silver the 2nd and Gold the 3rd. They are known as medals and there are medal examinations for those who want an idea of how well they are dancing. You have to progress one level at a time. Hope this helped to clear up your confusion! :D

[molly4678]

i have a dance thing at my school REALLY HELPED ME

[ronin0990]

good tip of the dance rythem by the way i never thoiught of it like that

[Alias81]

You can discern the beat from the hi-hats. They strike once per beat. The bass is playing beats 1&3, making it quite easy to pick the rhythm.

Unfortunately, the man himself is off beat a little =)

[alexwmurphy]

don't read to much into that on youtube- the sound never quite matches up.

[aznjock1oo5]

I think he does it on purpose. The term my coach used for it is "sway," and it's meant to break away from the beat to lend additional grace.

[Czerniakowska]

Is it just me? I cannot for the life of me detect a rhythm in SF music. This chap's clips are brilliant and he has personally provided me with really useful advice, but the problem of trying to pick up the seemingly non-existent rhythm in the music continues. I know it's four-beat but I just cannot hear those beats. I don't have this problem with any other music, so maybe I'm just going to accept this as a blind spot and start off my SF at any point in the music and hope for the best.

[davidm1952]

I agree. I'm having the same problem. I'm really struggling with transitioning from beginner style/steps to the intermediate as in this video. I'm so comfortable with Sinatra and beginner steps. This just throws me as it all seems like one continuous blur.

[Czerniakowska]

Since I made that original observation, I have acquired the ability to detect and follow the SF rhythm, though I still sometimes lose it in the middle of dances. The key would seem to be - just keep at it. It's a lovely dance.

[davidm1952]

Agreed. We finally made a minor breakthru during our most recent lesson. The latest challenge is that we just finished a month of waltz and my wife and I are seeing some similarities to some of our waltz and foxtrot steps now. Embarrassing. One false chasse and you're suddenly waltzing to "New York, New York". :-)