2007-03-23 10:14:20 · 5 answers · asked by elletea 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
From the name of the person who introduced it: Harry Fox
The Foxtrot (also: "Fox trot", "foxtrot", "fox trot") is a ballroom dance which takes its name from its inventor, the vaudeville actor Harry Fox. According to legend, Fox was unable to find female dancers capable of performing the more difficult two-step. As a result, he added stagger steps (two trots), creating the basic Foxtrot rhythm of slow-slow-quick-quick.
2007-03-23 10:17:43 · answer #1 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Where Did The Foxtrot Originate
2017-01-15 05:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by caples 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Foxtrot has different meanings: it can either be a dance style, a horse's gait or the spelling for the letter F in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
2007-03-23 10:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The fox trot probably got its name from Harry Fox, a vaudeville performer. Fox performed a frantic trotting dance in a vaudeville show. Ballroom dancers adopted and modified the steps into a smoother, less jerky dance for couples. At first, the fox trot was danced to very fast music, but it later became much slower. The fox trot was very popular in the 1920's."
2007-03-23 10:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtrot
2007-03-23 10:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by loves easy tears 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋