Lindy Hop Vs. Foxtrot?

Question

Hey, I'm looking into swing dancing, so I was wondering what difference there was between Lindy Hop and Foxtrot.

I'm having some difficulties finding out anything about Foxtrot and figured someone out there would know!

Thanks

Answer 1

Lindy Hop is indeed one of the swing dances while Foxtrot is considered ballroom. Lindy Hop is much faster. Foxtrot movement is smooth, traveling around the room, and Lindy is more like jumping in place.

Here are the examples, to give you an idea.
Liny Hop:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mTg5V2oA_hY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1v01TyTHkwE&mode=related&search=
Foxtrot:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Izlxde8pUpQ
There are two types of Foxtrot, International and American. The example I gave you is International. Here is American Foxtrot:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XxdGJL_M9qM&mode=related&search=

Answer 2

They both come from the same roots, early in the Jazz age, but foxtrot slowed down and became more and more refined and elegant with time. It became more of an upper class dance while Lindy retained more of the raw energy of its roots. As usual, Snowflake has offered a great answer. Foxtrot flows around the edges of the ballroom in a counterclockwise flow, and it should look refined, elegant, and unhurried. Lindy is one of the swing dances, and it's a spot dance, with a couple remaining more or less in the same spot on the floor throughout. In both, there should be a feel of your bottom half dancing down into the floor. With both to a degree, but absolutely essential with fox, there should be a feel of your top half reaching for the ceiling.

Answer 3

Foxtrot is a travelling, ballroom-based style; its very upright and controlled in comparison to Lindy Hop.

Lindy is jazz-based coming from popular culture so the style and feel are completely different. The dance is a lot more about being grounded and many of the steps require a lot of counter-balance between partners that produces a much lower stance. Picture a smoky bar room vs. a fancy ballroom with people in gowns.

Answer 4

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. The dance was premiered in 1914, quickly catching the eye of the talented husband and wife duo, Vernon and Irene Castle, who lent the dance its signature grace and style. It was later standardized by Arthur Murray, in whose version it began to imitate the positions of American Tango.

Lindy Hop is an African American dance that evolved in New York City in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It was an organic fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development, but was predominantly based on jazz, tap, breakaway and charleston. Lindy hop co-evolved with jazz music and is a member of the swing dance family. It is frequently described as a jazz or street dance.

From the little I've done in ballroom myself, I've noticed that the lindy hop is much more lively and spirited. The foxtrot has more of a reserved liveliness as you still have to focus on the frame and such.

Here is the wikipedia entry for the foxtrot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtrot

Or try googling foxtrot or foxtrot+history and you should get a bunch. Happy dancing! :)

Answer 5

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