When the war broke out, tango and Boston waltz were out of fashion and finally forgotten by people, especially the waltz had completely disappeared, but its hesitation was still adopted by other dances. It is understandable that foxtrot first heard its name a month before the war broke out and immediately caused fanaticism on the dance floor. When the war comes, dancing is men's favorite leisure activity during the holidays, and even the A Bing brothers from France or the training camp in England like this activity.
Most of these men are fresh people who have just graduated from school and have no dancing experience. At the same time, the elders also regained their dance steps and joined the dance ranks. These people don't have extra time to learn complicated waltzes or tangos, but the charming, brisk tone and informal natural footwork of foxtrot during this period attracted them deeply in a few months, so foxtrot swept all the dances like an avalanche.
19 14 In the summer, foxtrot made its debut in America. This is a black dance that combines one-step dance and rag dance. This beat also originated from blacks, and prevailed among colored people in new york before white Americans became fanatical. Mr. Harry Fox was one of the first dancers to bring foxtrot to the stage. Because the dance music is light, the dancer's feet move lightly, just like a horse's trot. Horse stance just look? It is the name of this dance (note: trot refers to the trot of horses or other quadrupeds). It happens that Mr. Harry Fox's surname is quadruped? Fox? Moreover, he introduced the foxtrot to everyone, so everyone agreed that it was more meaningful to name it after Mr. Fox, which is the origin of the name of the foxtrot.
The early foxtrot was a free-wheeling dance. You can dance as you please. There are no specific steps, and you can dance freely according to the melody. Its dance steps are all elastic movements with the ball of the sole, including slow (2 beats) and fast (1 beat). The basic dance steps are: take 4 slow steps (2 bars), then 7 quick steps, and put your right foot behind your left foot on the eighth beat. Although foxtrot is very popular in the United States, one-step dance, maxix dance, waltz and tango are rapidly declining from the peak of popularity.
In fact, when a famous American dance teacher was asked about the real basic steps of foxtrot, he replied, "There are two points to remember. The first one is walking slowly, counting from two to one; The second is a short run, that is, 1 counting once every step. However, many teachers mostly teach their students with their own dance steps, and intercept some tango, maxix and solo dances with mixed dance steps. 」
19 15 At the beginning of this year, foxtrot was played in most dance halls in Britain, and the first foxtrot competition was held in May of the same year. At this time, foxtrot is no longer a free dance step. It has some fixed dance steps, besides the original slow walk and faster trot, some new dance steps, such as butterfly fancy dance, some fast moving dance steps and some strange dance steps, have become popular.
By the end of 19 16, these dance forms of jumping, kicking and jumping lasted for two years. After that, people got tired of these lively and exaggerated dance steps. The appearance of a very soft song "Under the Starry Sky" made these brisk dance steps disappear, which was once a smash hit. Since then, the speed of foxtrot is about 32 bars per minute, and the Chaser dance step or the dance step adapted from Chaser dance step is widely used.
The foxtrot, which is called the dance era by the informal dance association, is famous for its innovative "walking" except for many strange dance steps. Coupled with intoxicating light music, it became a noble and elegant foxtrot, which is why British dancers later became famous dancers.
From 19 17 to 19 18, ballroom dancing remained almost unchanged until the last months of the war, when the ballroom was crowded with American soldiers, and foxtrot was the beginning of another new stage.
19 17 in the second half of the year, a new music style ── jazz appeared, which is a fanaticism about syncopation rhythm, while the Latin rhythm of jazz is an attempt to present an African jungle-like surprise. For a long time, new jazz dance became the trend. Before the war, a jazz band composed of banjo, saxophone and percussion drummer replaced the string band.
With the arrival of jazz, new dances have been developed, including jazz roll and three steps, which have great influence on foxtrot. A series of three-step dances (slow, fast and fast) are widely used in foxtrot with four beats of music. These steps can be moved forward or backward, and when moving forward, the feet are slightly crossed, forming an adaptive skater Dutch roll.
19 18 In September, the characteristics of foxtrot, such as tilting and fast moving, began to fall out of fashion. At this time, the development of foxtrot strongly tends to be gentle and gentle.
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