American Style Foxtrot Volume 1
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

This two-disc set provides a complete, detailed course in American style foxtrot. No prior dance experience is required. The video begins with the very first basic step and slowly builds your skills toward advanced figures and combinations. This two disc set has over 3 ½ hours of content and it covers most of the bronze and silver syllabus figures plus much more.

American Style Foxtrot Volume 1 PLAY Windows Media 22.8MB 56m55s @56kbps 7m48s @384kbps (DSL) Quicktime 4MB 9m59s @56kbps 1m22s @384kbps (DSL) Flash 7.3MB 13m43s @56kbps 1m52s @384kbps (DSL) Video Help

Details and Contents and Step List

Disc #1

1. Forward basic
2. left rock turn
3. promenade walk, combining figures 1-3
4. parallel walk
5. sway step
6. grapevine
7. box step
8. promenade walk with outside turn
9. promenade walk with inside (left) turn
10. promenade pivot
11. box pattern with underarm turn
12. change steps forward and back
13. backward basic, right rock turn, and right turning box pattern, combination of figures

Disc #2

1. Forward twinkle
2. back (reverse) twinkle
3. passing twinkle
4. promenade pivot turn from twinkle
5. spiral
6. crossing twinkle
7. combination: spiral into crossing twinkle
8. combination: crossing twinkle into pivot and back twinkle
9. twist from forward or back twinkle
10. overturned spiral
11. open left box pattern
12. combination: overturned spiral and check, bonus move: two checks back-to-back
13. combination: overturned spiral, check, reverse oversway
14. advanced grapevine
15. promenade twinkle
16. slip pivot, combinations

About the Instructors

John achieved "gold level" instructor status while teaching for Arthur Murray Dance Studios. He is certified by the prestigious Imperial Society for Teachers of Dance (I.S.T.D.). John is now an independent instructor in the Richmond, Virginia area.

Phyllis is a former model, show choreographer, and ballroom dance competitor. Now a mom, she no longer competes but continues to teach ballroom in the Richmond, Virginia area.