Hoʻokomo

Hāʻawi ʻo Harry Fox, kahi mea hulahula a he mea hāmele i kona inoa i ka ʻanuʻu hulahula ʻo Foxtrot. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Fox ka mua e hoʻohana i ka "ʻanuʻu lohi," no laila… ka hānau ʻana o ka Foxtrot. ʻO kēia hoʻohana manuahi mua o ka "ʻanuʻu lohi" i hele a kaulana ma kahi o 1912, i ka wā o ka mele ragtime. Ua māka kēia i kahi mahele hou o ka hulahula hulahula kahi i hulahula kokoke ai nā hoa a hoʻolaha ʻia i ka mele hou a leʻaleʻa hoʻi. Ma mua o kēia manawa, ua makemake nui ʻia ka Polka, Waltz a me ka One-Step. I loko o kēia mau hulahula i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hoa ma ka lōʻihi o ka lima a ua ʻike ʻia kahi hiʻohiʻona hoʻonohonoho.

I ka makahiki 1915, ua hoʻololi hou ʻia kekahi - mele hou a melodic "pop" e kākau ʻia ana; nā mele e like me, "Auē, ʻoe Pēlē Nani" a me "Ida" nā mea hōʻeha o ka lā. Ua wikiwiki ka lehulehu e mahalo i ka loli i kahi ʻano maʻalahi o ke ʻano mele, a ua hoʻomaka kā lākou hulahula e hoʻokau i nā ʻano maikaʻi o nā hula kahiko. Mai ka 1917 a hiki i kēia manawa, ua kau ʻia ka leo kuʻina ma luna o ka hulahula ʻana o ka hula a me ka manaʻo o kēlā me kēia. Ma o 1960, ke hele nei ke ʻano o ka hula o ka International i loko o nā keʻena kinipōpō US a ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻano hana he nui i ka style American Foxtrot. E like me kēia kākau ʻana, ʻo ka ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o nā kaila ʻelua ʻo ia ka International style Foxtrot i hulahula ʻia i ka launa ʻana me ka mālama ʻana i ka paʻa o ka hulahula maʻamau, ʻoiai ke ʻano ʻAmelika e ʻae ai i ke kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano hula a me nā kūlana like ʻole. Me ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka maʻalahi o ka manaʻo, hoʻolālā ʻia ka hapa nui o nā kiʻi no ka papahele ballroom nui aʻe. Eia nō naʻe, kūpono kēia mau helu like i ka papa hula hulahula ke hulahula ʻia me ka leo nui.

Ma Fred Astaire Dance Studios, e aʻo wikiwiki ʻoe a hoʻokō i nā mea hou aku, me ka nānā ʻole i kāu pae mākaukau a hopohopo paha. A ʻike mau ʻoe i kahi kaiāulu pumehana a hoʻokipa e hoʻonāukiuki iā ʻoe e kiʻi i nā kiʻekiʻe hou! E kāhea iā mākou - a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, kū i loko! E kōkua mākou iā ʻoe e hoʻomaka, i kēia lā.