Foxtrot Technique & Principles

Product Description

The six listed subjects begin with Dance Position and Poise, The Lowering Action and Timing, before moving to Swing and Sway. Brian and Susan Puttock’s International Style Standard series emphasises basic principles, technique, leading, following and the character of each dance, with demonstrations of how to practise basic and advanced steps.

The Foxtrot selection then addresses dancing a straight line to closed and outside-partner positions. Heel turns are considered with Reverse Turn, Natural Turn and Open Telemark. These named topics provide a route for revisiting technique across several figures rather than selecting a variation sequence alone.

The straight-line topic explicitly distinguishes closed and outside-partner positions, adding a specific partnership context to the discussion. The heel-turn heading retains Reverse Turn, Natural Turn and Open Telemark rather than leaving viewers with a general reference to turning. These named subjects help a student choose the technical area to revisit and identify the figures attached to it. Brian and Susan Puttock demonstrate how to practise basic and advanced steps within their series’ emphasis on technique, leading, following and dance character. This volume is listed at Advanced level and runs approximately 67 minutes. Its six-topic contents provide the programme’s complete subject map, from position and poise through the final heel-turn material.

Course Contents

• 1) Dance Position and Poise
• 2) The Lowering Action
• 3) Timing
• 4) Swing and Sway
• 5) Dancing the Straight Line to Closed and Outside Partner Positions
• 6) The Heel Turns, Reverse Turn, Natural Turn and Open Telemark