Ke kūkākūkā mākou i nā kumuhana o ka hula hulahula ʻana, hāʻule pinepine mākou i ʻelua o kāna ʻano nui - ka foxtrot a me ka waltz. I kēia lā e nānā pono aku ana mākou i ka foxtrot - kahi huluhulu paheʻe, holomua e hōʻike ʻia e kāna ʻanuʻu lohi, a me nā neʻe lōʻihi, lawehala.
Ua kapa ʻia kona inoa no kāna mea hana, mea hoʻokipa ʻoluʻolu ʻo Harry Fox, ua hoʻomaka ka foxtrot i kona hoʻomaka mua i ka makahiki 1914. Hānau ʻia ʻo Arthur Carrington i ka makahiki 1882, ʻo Harry Fox ka mea hana maʻa mau waudeville. He mea hoʻohenehene ʻo ia, a me kahi mea hana keaka a me ka mea hulahula i hana i kekahi o nā "kiʻi e kamaʻilio" ana ma mua o nā 1920s i hala. Ua make ʻo ia ma 1959, akā ua waiho ʻo ia i kahi hoʻoilina no mākou.
ʻO ka hana manuahi mua o ka (pre-Foxtrot) ʻo ka "step mālie" i hoʻolaha ʻia i ka makahiki 1912, i ka wā o ka wā mele ragtime. Hoʻololi kēia i ka hoʻomaka o kahi manawa hou o ka hula hulahula ʻana, kahi e pili kokoke ai nā hoa hulahula a hoʻolaha pinepine ʻia i kēia ʻano mele hou a hauʻoli hoʻi. Ma mua o kēia wā, ʻo ka Polka, Waltz a me ka One-Step nā kanikani i kaulana, a aia nā hoa i ka lōʻihi o ka lima a ua nānā pono ʻia kahi ʻano hoʻonohonoho choreography. Ua lawe ka Foxtrot i ke ʻano a mākou e ʻike ai i kēia lā i ka wā i aloha nui ʻia ai ka wahine hulahula kaulana, ʻo Vernon lāua ʻo Irene Castle a hana i nā lālani i laumania a ʻoi aku ke ʻano. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua kōkua ka Foxtrot iā tua hōʻea ʻo ia i ka piko o kā lākou kaulana
in ʻO Irving Berlinʻo ka mua Broadway hōʻike, Nānā i kāu anuu (1914), kahi a lākou i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai hoʻolaha ʻia ka Hoʻokomo.
Ma ka 1915, nā mele "pop" hou a melodic nā mele smash o ka lā. Ua hana wikiwiki ka lehulehu i ka hulahula i kahi ʻano laumania, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ke mele, a hoʻomaka kā lākou hulahula e hoʻokau i nā ʻano maikaʻi o nā hula kahiko. Mai ka 1917 a hiki i kēia lā, ua kau ʻia ka leo kuʻina ma luna o ka hulahula maʻalahi, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hulahula a me ka hoʻākāka ʻana o kēlā me kēia kanaka. Eia nō naʻe, kūpono kēia mau helu like i ka papa hula hulahula ke hulahula ʻia me ka leo nui.
I kēia lā, nui nā ʻano o Foxtrot:
- ʻO Foxtrot Social American - ʻike nui ʻia ma nā hanana hulahula, nā pāʻina kaiaulu, a pēlā aku.
- ʻO Foxtrot International - kekahi o nā hulahula ʻelima i hoʻokumu i ka iwi kuamoo o nā hoʻokūkū hula International Style Dance i mālama ʻia a puni ka honua ma lalo o ka malu o ka International Dance Sport Federation, nā hui kūloko, a me nā hui ʻē aʻe. Ma o 1960, ua komo ke ʻano o ka haʻa ʻana o ka International i nā keʻena kinipōpō US a ua lilo ka hapa nui o nā ʻenehana i ka style American Foxtrot. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui o ka style International Foxtrot ka mea i hulahula ʻia i ka launa pū ʻana, ka mālama ʻana i ka paʻa o ka hulahula maʻamau.
Ma Fred Astaire Dance Studios, he loea ʻo Foxtrot a hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mea maikaʻi loa i ke aʻo hula hulahula - nā haʻawina pilikino a me nā papa pūʻulu. Kaomi ma aneʻi e heluhelu hou aʻe ma ka Foxtrot a ʻike i kahi wikiō hōʻikeʻike. A inā ʻaʻole ʻo Foxtrot kāu punahele, ke aʻo pū aku nei mākou i nā ʻano hulina like o nā hoa like hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo (rumba, salsa, Paso Doble, tango, e inoa wale nō). No laila e hoʻomaka i kāu huakaʻi hulahula pilikino i kēia lā - kāhea iā māua ma Fred Astaire Dance Studios.