Learn to Dance Basic Social Foxtrot Partner Dancing (Great for weddings and events)
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Learn from the comfort of your own home! Foxtrot I is usually a 4-week class at May I Have This Dance. Although learning in-person with a May I Have This Dance instructor is always best, this video covers much of the patterns and technique that is part of our Foxtrot I program. Nino DiGiulio & Dawn Lara expertly take you through learning to social dance from scratch! For more information about live classes, or other video classes we offer, including Foxtrot II all the way up to Advanced and Mastery, as well as Ballroom, Salsa, Country, Tango, West Coast Swing, Jitterbug, and more, please contact us at
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Thank you for breaking this down into such simple steps. I'm ready for the dance floor post-quarantine!!! :)
Thanks Melissa, we can't wait to dance with you!
You guys are the best, you make it so easy to learn because you take your time to show the steps and you repeat the steps over and over of each lesson from different angles I love your how-to videos. I like to add that i look at another video's, most of them talk more than teach which makes it boring, they talk too much. You do it just right, little talk clear to the point. Thanks for taking the time to share with us.
Thank you for your kind words!!! Please check out our other free instructional videos on this TH-cam channel and let us know what you think! Also, if you want a ton more great instructional videos, please check out our online dance tutorial site. The videos there have professional sound and better lighting and staging so hopefully you'll find them even better! www.OnlineLearningLounge.com Thanks for watching!!!
This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing this great resource!
Our pleasure, thank you!
Switching from 6-beat to 8-beat pattern is always a challenge when dancing with different partners at a beginner level. It's well explained in the video using open frame. Mastering this lead in a close frame is more understandable and more efficiently ( and quicker) learned in the basics of Argentine tango. I have taught my wife how to follow Argentine milonga (tango) and switching patterns becomes easy and creative. I will try foxtrot next dance. I will be able to lead my wife to dance foxtrot without her knowing it's foxtrot.
Hi Francis, yes we find that a leader with a good frame and sense of initiating movement from their center (body) can easily lead a follower with good frame and posture into most 6 and 8 count patterns seamlessly without her even needing to register if it's a 6 or 8 count. We do more technique and lead/follow drills along these lines at our studio in live classes where we have more time. Sounds like you're very experienced and can do this with your wife easily. Glad our video helped and hope to see you on the dance floor soon!
@@MayIHaveThisDance thanks for a good lesson of "good frame and posture". I may be able to "fake" the rise and fall to make our milonga look like foxtrot. Lol. In any case individual turns in Argentine tango is not very common, but turns are a second nature to other dances, so, that should not be too difficult to incorporate. Cheers
Very nice job with all the basic needed steps. Thanks.
Thanks Robert!
Great teaching for me as old fella
Young at heart is all that matters. Thanks for watching!
Such an excellent video! Many thanks!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Please subscribe to our channel and check out our other instructional videos!
I was looking for a good FT video. I'm so thrilled to have found you. Thank you for a great lesson.
Thank you for your kind words! Glad the video helped! We have a lot more Foxtrot videos, along with over 600 videos of Waltz, Tango, Swing, Argentine Tango, Rumba, Hustle, West Coast Swing, Salsa, Country Two Step, and much more on our www.OnlineLearningLounge.com site. Please check it out!
Thanks very much! I do get it now😊
fantastic! Thanks for watching!
Excellent beginner tips. Thanks
You're welcome! If interested in more patterns, technique and tips, please check out our www.OnlineLearningLounge.com site with over 650 dance tutorials!
One of the most excellent explained videos I’ve watched. Thank you! I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Thank you so much Robyn!
Excellent work.. good job, bravoooo
Thanks for watching Winston! Hope you're dancing this weekend!
Very nice! But hard to imagine doing this to fast beat 20's / 30's Jazz, which was the heyday of the Foxtrot dance. All the vintage films I see the dancers have a particular "bounce" to their step and "swing" in their hips.
Hi Timothy! What you probably see in the vintage films are precursors to the modern foxtrot. Dances like the Cake Walk, Charleston, Peabody, and Balboa were popular and fit better for faster music. Also, keep in mind that lots of vintage film plays faster than reality. This is why in so much of B&W footage people look to be rushing and moving a bit unnaturally. Music that is currently played for social foxtrot is usually between 110 and 130 beats per minute.
Most of the music composed in the 20s, 30s, and 40s is intended for Lindy hop or Charleston. Common composers most swing clubs and community groups dance to include Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Goodman. A more modern band (from the 90s) is Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, however most of their songs are fast and not good for beginner swing dancers.
Thanks Aimee & Timothy! At our studio, for Foxtrot, we use a lot of music from Sinatra, Michael Buble, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin, Nat King and Natalie Cole, , Karen Souza, and so many classic artists from the 50s, 60s, 70s, to jazzy modern songs.
Saying that foxtrot is your favorite dance is not a proper answer to _What is foxtrot?_
Great idea: Showing what _not_ to do in B&W.
Hello. I believe we explain a bit more about foxtrot. Please excuse any shortfalls in the video quality as it was one of our first videos as we pivoted during Covid closures. If you watch our more recent videos you'll see the quality of the video, the sound, and editing goes to a higher level. Nevertheless, from our research and most feedback, this early, and free, video is still pretty high quality especially in the instruction and content. Thanks for watching.
@@MayIHaveThisDance Your reply came in before I had finished my critique. I was not being sarcastic about showing what not to do in B&W. I took notes and intended to add that you almost lost me because of that non-answer, but the chapters showed that this video has what I was looking for: a thorough, absolute-beginner level how-to for foxtrot. I hope you've kept using the B&W effect for warnings about what _not_ to do, but only for that. It breaks up a long verbal spiel. Except for the opening, I give this video a very positive review.
@@mon_avis2978 Thanks for clarifying! Actually, the B&W was our editor trying to salvage some grainy footage from our initial shot. Because it was early on, right after we were stuck at home and studio shut down due to pandemic, it was our neophyte attempt at making an instructional video for our students and beyond. We also realized later that the intros weren't necessary, so our later vids start with quick demo of the dance...for those that don't need any talking and just want to see the dance, then there is detailed breakdown step by step afterwards. We also isolate each pattern in a different video. If you're interested in our full catalogue of instructional videos, please check out the www.OnlineLearningLounge.com. We have more Foxtrot there, as well as many other great social partner dances. Thanks for watching!
So plain but you don’t show any characteristics of the Foxtrot dance- gliding through the floor while walking king and and movements of up and down!
Hi Home Grown. This video is designed to get people started in social dance. Rise & Fall and "Silver-Level" movement, is not necessary for good social dancing at the beginning. There are plenty of videos out there geared towards those that want to get into competitive ballroom, international-style. We wanted our video to make Foxtrot and Ballroom Dancing easily attainable for all. We cover more advanced techniques in our classes and more advanced videos on our subscription video site. Happy dancing!
Sorry guys but when I hear followers and leaders I realise the teachers are not worth my time following..stop this ax madness!
Hi Jim, sorry you feel that way. The roles are Leaders and Followers, so not sure what the issue is in using those completely accurate terms. If your issue is with gender roles, the reality is that in classes we teach not just at the studio but at conventions and workshop weekends around the world there are a lot of ladies leading and men following. If you have a suggestion of language to use, please go ahead and make it. But for now, we find "leaders" and "followers" as most appropriate and accurate.