Originally Posted by Jdenver:
“I get confused over the timing in foxtrot. Ive always been taught to step on the count so with a 'slow' the foot is placed on the 1 whilst the next step is dragged out and place on the 3rd count. When I watch the pro's on youtube etc, they seem to count on the passing of the feet. Is this correct?”
“I get confused over the timing in foxtrot. Ive always been taught to step on the count so with a 'slow' the foot is placed on the 1 whilst the next step is dragged out and place on the 3rd count. When I watch the pro's on youtube etc, they seem to count on the passing of the feet. Is this correct?”
I would be very careful when watching top professionals as what they appear to so is very deceiving and if you try to copy, you may well be wrong. What you say above is not wrong ie step on slow for 1 beat ,roll through the foot and swing through beat 2 to place foot on step 3. However, when you are a little more advanced, this will be too fast. You want to hang out the timing for as long as possible. The timing for beat 1 will actually be as soon as the heel strikes the floor etc. so you can see that you can slow the actions down quite a bit, but as I say this is more advanced and will take plenty of practice.





Lovely dance.
I sometimes apologise for mine as we start dancing, especially near the beginning of a class when my hands are usually very cold at this time of year. (Poor circulation certainly doesn't help...) Very much appreciate people not seeming fazed by it 
