Foxtrot Three Step
This is a Newcomer figure. This online reference gives a detailed description of the dance steps, including timing, footwork, alignment, and movement; steps diagram; a list of figures that may precede or follow the pattern; and videos providing instruction and demonstration of the figure, techniques and practice routines that include it.
Leader
| Step |
Timing |
Movement
|
Alignment |
Footwork |
Turn |
Sway |
CBM |
Rise & Fall
|
Notes |
1
|
Q |
RF fwd
|
LOD
|
HT
|
|
L
|
|
rise e/o 1
|
Previous "S" is a Heel step (not HT) - do not rise.
slight R side lead (to bring lady back inline after a feather finish)
Slight left side lead |
2
|
Q |
LF fwd
|
LOD
|
TH
|
|
L
|
|
up, lower e/o 2
|
Slight left side lead
|
3
|
S |
RF fwd
|
LOD
|
H
|
|
S
|
CBM
|
--
|
|
Follower
| Step |
Timing |
Movement
|
Alignment |
Footwork |
Turn |
Sway |
CBM
|
Rise & Fall
|
Notes |
1
|
Q
|
LF back
|
BLOD
|
TH
|
|
R
|
|
rise e/o 1, NFR
|
Make sure to be on two tracks, leave room for Man to step in between legs.
slight L side lead, release toe.
Do not step to side, it should step back.
Do not get into Man's space. Stay left.
Keep L shoulder up.
Toe release |
2
|
Q
|
RF back
|
BLOD
|
TH
|
|
R
|
|
up, NFR, lower e/o 2
|
No CBM here, straight back. toe release.
Keep L shoulder up.
Toe release. |
3
|
S
|
LF back
|
BLOD
|
T
|
|
S
|
CBM |
--
|
|
Technique Notes
- Three step can be danced DW, in which case it could end DW or curved to L to end facing LOD.
- CBM happens
gradually across the three steps, so the frame wound to the left by
the end of the figure.
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