Lapho sixoxa ngezinto eziyisisekelo zokudansa kwe-ballroom, sivame ukubuyela emuva kuzitayela zayo ezimbili eziyinhloko - i-foxtrot ne-waltz. Namuhla sizobhekisisa i-foxtrot - umdanso obushelelezi, onenqubekela phambili obonakala ngokuhamba kwawo kancane, nokunyakaza okude, okunesono.
Ebizwa ngomdali wayo, umculi wevaudeville uHarry Fox, i-foxtrot yaqala ukubonakala ngo-1914. Wazalwa u-Arthur Carrington ngo-1882, uHarry Fox wayengumdlali odumile waseVaudeville. Wayengusomahlaya, futhi engumlingisi nomdansi futhi owenza ezinye "izithombe ezikhulumayo" zakuqala zama-1920s. Washona ngo-1959, kodwa wasishiyela ifa impela.
Ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwe-freestyle kwe- (pre-Foxtrot) “step slow” kwathandwa kakhulu ngo-1912, ngesikhathi sobusuku bomculo we-ragtime. Lokhu kushintshile kwaphawula ukuqala kwesigaba esisha ngokuphelele sokudansa kwe-ballroom, lapho abalingani bomdanso babesondelene kakhulu futhi bevame ukukhangisa ngalesi sitayela somculo esisha nesithokozisayo. Ngaphambi kwalesi sikhathi, iPolka, iWaltz kanye ne-One-Step kwakuyimidanso ethandwayo, futhi ophathina babekade bekude futhi iphethini ebekiwe yobuciko yayiqashelwa ngokuqinile. IFoxtrot yathatha ifomu esivame ukulibona namuhla lapho umbhangqwana odumile womdanso, uVernon no-Irene Castle, bewuthanda futhi benza imigqa yawo ibe bushelelezi futhi ivuse inkanuko. Eqinisweni, uFoxtrot wasiza u-tumbhangqwana ufinyelela phezulu kokuthandwa kwawo
in I-Irving Berlinkuqala Broadway bonisa, Qaphela Isinyathelo Sakho (1914), lapho bacwengisisa futhi benza ukuthi i- Foxtrot.
Ngo-1915, izingoma ezintsha nezingoma ze- “pop” kwakuyizingoma zoswazi lwangaleso sikhathi. Umphakathi odansayo washeshe wenza ushintsho kwisitayela somculo esisheshayo nesinesisindo, futhi ukudansa kwabo kwaqala ukuthola izimfanelo ezingcono zemidanso emidala. Kusukela ngo-1917 kuze kube namuhla, indlela yokubekwa ibibekwe ekudanseni okubushelelezi, okuyinkimbinkimbi nokuveza okomuntu ngamunye, izibalo eziningi zenzelwe ifulethi elikhulu le-ballroom. Kodwa-ke, lezi zibalo ezifanayo nazo zifanelekile nendawo yokudansa esezingeni eliphansi lapho kusinwa kudedelana.
Namuhla, kunezitayela eziningana zeFoxtrot:
- I-American Social Foxtrot - sibonwa kakhulu emicimbini yokudansa, amaqembu ezenhlalo, njll., Isitayela saseMelika sivumela inkululeko ephelele yokukhuluma, sisebenzisa imidanso nezikhundla ezahlukahlukene zomdanso
- I-Foxtrot Yomhlaba Wonke - omunye wemidanso emihlanu esezingeni eyakha umgogodla wemincintiswano ye-International Style Dance ebibanjelwe emhlabeni wonke ngaphansi kwesandla se-International Dance Sport Federation, izinhlangano ezingaphansi kwayo nezinye izinhlangano. Ngo-1960, isitayela sokudansa samazwe omhlaba sase singene emabhalweni aseMelika futhi amasu amaningi ahlanganiswa nesitayela saseMelika iFoxtrot. Umehluko omkhulu wesitayela samazwe omhlaba iFoxtrot ukuthi idanse ngokuphelele lapho kuthintwa khona, kugcinwa ukubanjwa komdanso ojwayelekile.
EFred Astaire Dance Studios, singochwepheshe beFoxtrot futhi singakunikeza okuhle kakhulu emfundweni yokudansa ye-ballroom - zombili izifundo ezizimele nezigaba zeqembu. Chofoza lapha ukuze ufunde kabanzi kuFoxtrot bese ubona ividiyo yokubonisa. Futhi uma uFoxtrot engeyona intandokazi yakho, sifundisa cishe noma yiluphi olunye uhlobo lomdanso wozakwethu ongacabanga ngawo (i-rumba, i-salsa, i-Paso Doble, i-tango, ukubala nje abambalwa). Ngakho-ke qala ohambweni lwakho lokudansa namuhla - xhumana nathi kuFred Astaire Dance Studios.