Foxtrot
UHarry Fox, umdansi wasevaudeville nosomahlaya wabiza igama lakhe esinyathelweni somdanso iFoxtrot. UFox kukholakala ukuthi ungowokuqala ukusebenzisa "isinyathelo esisheshayo," yingakho-ke ukuzalwa kweFoxtrot. Lokhu kusetshenziswa kokuqala kwe-freestyle "kwesinyathelo esisheshayo" kwafika ku-vogue cishe nge-1912, ngesikhathi somculo we-ragtime. Lokhu kumake isigaba esisha ngokuphelele sokudansa kwe-ballroom lapho abalingani bedansa ngokusondelana kakhulu futhi bekhangisa ngomculo omusha nojabulisayo. Ngaphambi kwalesi sikhathi, i-Polka, i-Waltz ne-One-Step zazithandwa. Kule midanso abalingani babanjwa ngobude bengalo futhi iphethini ebekiwe yabonwa.
Ngo-1915, kwaba nolunye ushintsho - kwakubhalwa izingoma ezintsha nezimnandi ze- “pop”; izingoma ezinjengokuthi, “O, Wena Doli Omuhle” kanye no “Ida” kwakuyizingoma zoswazi losuku. Umphakathi washesha ukwazisa ushintsho olwenziwe ngendlela eshelelayo, enesigqi somculo, futhi ukudansa kwabo kwaqala ukumunca izimfanelo ezingcono zemidanso emidala. Ukusuka ngo-1917 kuze kube manje, indlela yokubekwa ibekiwe ekudanseni okushelelayo nasesimweni somuntu ngamunye. Ngo-1960, isitayela sokudansa samazwe omhlaba sasingena emabhalweni aseMelika futhi amasu amaningi asetshenziswa kwisitayela saseMelika iFoxtrot. Ngokubhalwa kwalokhu, umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwalezi zitayela ezimbili ukuthi isitayela samazwe omhlaba iFoxtrot idanse ngokuphelele lapho kuthintwa kugcinwa ukubanjwa komdanso ojwayelekile, kanti isitayela saseMelika sivumela inkululeko ephelele yokuveza izimvo sisebenzisa imidanso nezikhundla ezahlukahlukene zomdanso. Ngomuzwa wayo obushelelezi futhi oyinkimbinkimbi, amanani amaningi aklanyelwe iphansi le-ballroom elikhudlwana. Kodwa-ke, lezi zibalo ezifanayo nazo zifanelekile nendawo yokudansa esezingeni eliphansi lapho kusinwa kudedelana.
KuFred Astaire Dance Studios, uzofunda ngokushesha futhi ufeze okuningi, ngaphandle kwezinga lekhono lakho noma ukwesaba. Futhi uzohlala uthola umphakathi ofudumele nowemukelekayo ozokukhuthaza ukuthi ufinyelele ezindaweni eziphakeme! Sishayele - noma okungcono, ima! Sizokusiza ukuthi uqale, namuhla.