Beginners Foxtrot - The Promenade

As much as I love Andy's clips, this one is flying false colours. The dance shown is not the Foxtrot but one of those horrible American "social" adaptations.

Isn't this an American dance?

If you put inverted commas around 'American' it is. It's dancing in the sense in which painting by numbers is art.

I see.

How then, do you teach beginners? Are you saying the steps are wrong?  Not clear.

I don't mind if videos teach the steps of the Hokey Cokey as long as thedance (if dance it is) isn't dressed up as being the Polka. The problem here is that people could watch this and imagine that it has some relevance to the Slow Foxtrot. Andy could have got around this by teaching this as the "Social Foxtropt", since I think that is what Americans call it. In fairness, the viideos in which he does teach the Slow Foxtrot are great,.

After one minute,I was worn out.Sharon.

thanks :)

Lezione perfetta.

Very Clear interpretation for Foxtrot