THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 9, 1938.
Learn Dancing With
STEPS OF THE SLOW FOX-TROT
By Santos Casani.
(Famous Teacher of Dancing)
Now let us learn the essential steps of the Slow Fox-trot which is the basis on which the modern English Style has been perfected. Experts, and teachers of dancing, have made the Slow Fox-Trot the favourite dance. Maybe, the real reason for this choice is because of the extreme difficulty of performing this dance really well.
If you have been honest with yourselves, and with me and prac- tised each day the other dances in this series you should have no difficulty in making the Slow Fox-Trot one of your most successful dances. Now let us analyse each step together.
THE WALK FORWARD
A word here on weight. Weight Start with the feet together. is another word for hips. In Swing the Right leg from the hip, dancing terms, the two words prae-
synonomous. keeping the knee straight thoughtically
The- hips not stiff, as far as you can comfort- should be always just in front of ably. Keep the foot on the floor. the shoulders whether going back- always and don't use your ankle wards or forwards.
here. Thus at full stretch thei THE BACKWARD WALK heel will be on the ground and the Start with the feet together. toe raised as in an ordinary walk-Keeping your weight forward push ing step.
the Left foot out behind you as far
Me!
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and
This applies to both partners. as possible. Push it right on to Lower to the flat foot and 'stand the toe. Relax the Right knee on it immediately. Now you will slightly to obtain greater length. find that the Left foot is raised on Now your partner will push you, in to the toe. Bring this foot right effect, back on to this Left foot. along the floor and swing it for-Don't drop the Left heel until the ward in the same manner. Don't Right foot has passed it in the next bend the knee. The knee of a step. Keep the Left leg firm also, moving leg is always straight. so that when you come over it you When the Left foot comes level are at your full height. If you do with the Right foot, it should of either of these things wrongly you course, if the leg is hanging will fall back and a bump will en- straight from the hip, be quite fat sue. Pull the Right heel back It now goes forward on the heel. along the floor until the foot is real control over your backward Practice this round the room to level with the Left foot, when it movements. Each walk is counted music, making sure that you are becomes automatically flat. Now as a "Slow," taking two beats of 1 Take a step forward with the travelling smoothly; that the feet push it back in the same manner as music. Remember, whether going right foot along your Line of never leave the floor; and that your outlined above for the Left foot. backward or forward, keep your Dance, and rise slightly on to the weight is coming on to your front (This is the same for either part weight as far forward as you can. ball of the foot at the end of the foot at the earliest possible mo-ner.) Only by pulling the heel This again applies to both part-step. Count Quick, 1 beat. ment
back on the floor can you obtain ners.
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Now try the
THREE STEP
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