Discofox

Disco Fox is a social dance that is danced in pairs.

Formation

The Disco Fox ( in the 60s as a " beat Fox " known) evolved from the Foxtrot, as the mid-70s free improvising disco dancers returned to the dancing posture and the classic foxtrot enriched with elements of swing, boogie -woogie and Two-Step. It arose in the United States of Hustle, in Europe the Disco Fox, who was admitted to the World Dance Program in 1979. First tournaments were held in the late 1980s in Switzerland; here was also the Switzerland -wide designation Disco Swing, as more and more elements from other dances such as Rock ' n' Roll, Boogie Woogie, Swing, Mambo, Salsa and Cha -Cha -Cha were integrated into the discofox. In 1992, the first discofox World Cup held in Basel, it was organized by the International Dance Organization. Only eight years later, the second world championship followed in Miami, since European and World Championships are conducted annually. While the large-scale classical dances need a larger hall, which is danceable disco fox due to its genesis almost to the point and thus also on the most limited area offer a disco.

Technology

The Disco Fox is a fusion of many different elements from other dances, which is why he has not developed its own technical elements, but make up other dances. So he combined the derived from the foxtrot step pattern with the classic dance pose, improvisation freedom of swing, the rotation techniques of Latin American dances, the winding figures of salsa and the acrobatic figures of rock ' n ' roll and boogie woogie.

Rhythm and music

The discofox based on the 4/4-time, but the clock are counted individually not as a whole, but the beats (English " beats "). In Disco Fox and the closely related American Three Count Hustle a basic step comprises three hits in other styles such as the American Hustle six strokes. There are discofox as well as in the Hustle two basic steps: a 3- step, that is, to three hits fall two steps and a tap, as well as a 4- step, that is, to three hits fall four steps:

Clock: first Second 3rd 4th First Second 3rd 4th -------------------------------------------------- ---- 3- step: | t XX | XX t | X ... 4- step (1 2 & 3): | x X XX | XX x X | X ... 4- step (1 2a3 ): | XX xX | xX XX | X ... 4- step (1 & 2 3 ): | XXXX | XXXX | X ... Legend: X = step ( loaded), x = grid step, t = Tap ( unloaded),          | ... | = A basic step. The American Hustle combines both basic steps, is usually started with Tap.

As music is basically any form of dance music with a regular 4/4-Rhythmus and a speed of around 30 TPM and 120 BPM. In particular, current dance music of the discos, ie EUR Euro disco and dance, but also varieties of techno used.

Styles

The discofox is divided into several styles:

• The classic style, in the figures, only the basic step (four- step technique and / or " one-two- tap" ) are danced
• This style was often expanded since about 1991 with multiple rotations over several beats or & 1 & 2 & 3. ...
• With the drift of the discofox from the discos in the Vereins-/Verbandsbereich as ballroom dancing and acrobatics further halbakrobatische figures were introduced.
• Styles in discofox are partially dependent regions and dance instructor, names like Rockfox, Carree, Rock Swing, Disco Swing, Swingfox have some attention to minor styling variations.

The styles differ mainly in the counting methods. Some styles are characterized by specific use of fun elements, such as the Rope Hustle, where the dance partners are connected by a rope. Most common are New York and Three Count Hustle; both are strongly oriented on Urstil of the Hustle as it was known in 1977 through the film Saturday Night Fever.

Dissemination

The Disco Fox is now next to Salsa 's most popular couple dance in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and South Tyrol ( northern Italy), which is inter alia to its technical simplicity and its versatility. You can dance it to a wide range of musical styles and tempi. Less common is it in Australia ( Ceroc ), France, Russia ( Disco Hustle ) and Sweden.

Switzerland was the world's most successful disco fox - nation since the late 1990s to about 2005. So went almost every European and World championship title this year in Switzerland.

Execution

Basic Step

Posture

For the base step, both dance partners face close. The feet are parallel to the partner, the body is upright.

Hand posture

The hand posture when discofox resembles that of the standard dances, and the leading hands are loosely brought together approximately at shoulder height next to the head. The Lord places his right hand flat between shoulder blade and hip lady, while her left hand rests on the shoulder of the Lord.

Steps

When popular 3- step both dance partner to move as follows:

The next step then begins without pause again at step 1, so that a seamless series of dances created.