Foxtrot- Kamalia Blunt

                                 Foxtrot

The Birth and Father-Foxtrot was born in the summer of 1914 by Harry Fox, a Vaudeville actor, whose original name was Arthur Carringford. At age fifteen for a short time, he joined the circus and afterward, played professional baseball. In 1904, Fox debuted in a comedy entitled “Mr. Frisky of Frisco” at Belvedere Theatre after a music publisher discovered his vocal talent. After a earthquake and fire in San Francisco where he lived, Fox traveled East and stopped in New York.

Creating the Movement:

Fox, in early 1914, appeared in many vaudeville shows in the New York area, and teamed with Yansci Dolly of the Dolly Sisters in a Hammerstein’s act. During this time, the New York Theatre was undergoing a conversion into a movie house. As an added attraction, vaudeville acts were performed between shows and Harry Fox and his “American Beauties” were selected to perform. As the movie theatre was changing, its roof turned into a Jardin de Danse, where the Dolly sisters made frequent performances. It was here on the roof top where dance was born, the name Foxtrot came as Harry performed trotting steps in his vaudeville acts to ragtime music. Thus, people referred to this dance as the “Fox’s Trot.”

 So You Think You Can Dance: Foxtrot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpnYV3S8Kk

Citation:
Fuller, Jake. "Foxtrot:History of Dances." Dance, Fitness, and Sports Store. CentralHome.com Company, Inc.. Web. 13 Apr 2013. <http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/foxtrot.htm>.