Basic Walk Move in Foxtrot Dancing

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Leslie Sack. My website is lesliesack.com, and we are doing the foxtrot, and this is about how are going to walk in the foxtrot. This is a moving dance, and in moving dances we call them smooth dances that move around the ballroom, and you go counter clockwise around the dance floor, whether it is a big floor or a small floor. And whenever we do a moving dance, the way we are walking forward and backwards, it's just as if you are walking down a street. So we are going to call it heel lead step, straighten up your knees and step with your foot. When you walk backwards, we are trying to stretch your leg and then you step, so you stretch and then you step, you stretch and you step, stretch and when you go back, you are going to release your front toe. You are going to go release your toe, release your front toe. So if we are trying to push, do a nice—doesn't have to be a huge step. Most important part here is we are going to slide our foot on the floor, we call that brushing, you are going to brush your foot underneath you; same from the front, it is like this, brushing and brushing, with my foot right underneath me, so that is what is going to give me balance. So any time my feet come together, that is going to bend both my knees a little bit. So anytime my feet are together, it looks like this, and we are going to add that brush in, and that is what it is going to really make it look like the foxtrot."