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Discofox or Disco Fox is a social
Social dance

File:Il Ballo2.jpgSocial dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing....
 partner dance
Partner dance

Partner dances are the dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to solo dance dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to Group dance dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner....
 evolved in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 in mid-seventies as a rediscovery of the dance hold in the improvisational disco
Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic and Latino Americans communities in the United States in the late 1960s....
 dance scene dominated by solo dancing, approximately at the same time when hustle
Hustle (dance)

The Hustle is a catchall name for several disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. Today it mostly refers to a unique partner dance done in ballrooms and nightclubs....
 emerged in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Both dances were greatly influenced by the Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 in film starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a local discoth?que....
 starring John Travolta
John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning United States actor, dancer and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction ....
. In various regions it is also known under different names: Disco Hustle
Hustle (dance)

The Hustle is a catchall name for several disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. Today it mostly refers to a unique partner dance done in ballrooms and nightclubs....
, Swing Fox, Disco Swing, Rock Fox.

Discofox is very popular in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 and Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
.

The set of figures is influenced by various dances: foxtrot
Foxtrot (Dance)

The Foxtrot is a ballroom dance which is often said to take its name from its inventor, the vaudeville actor Harry Fox; however the exact origins are unclear....
, swing
Swing (dance)

The term "swing dance" commonly refers to a group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing music style of jazz music in the 1920s, '30s and '40s....
, salsa
Salsa (dance)

Salsa is a dance for Salsa music created by Spanish language-speaking people from the Caribbean and their immigrant communities in the US. Salsa dancing mixes African and European dance influences through the music and dance fusions that are the roots of Salsa: Cuban SonGuaguanc?, Spanish Rumba, Boogaloo, Pachanga, Guaracha, Plena, Bomba, ....
, etc., adapted to the musical style and basic step of the dance.






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Discofox or Disco Fox is a social
Social dance

File:Il Ballo2.jpgSocial dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing....
 partner dance
Partner dance

Partner dances are the dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners, as opposed to solo dance dancing alone or individually in a non-coordinated manner, and as opposed to Group dance dancing simultaneously in a coordinated manner....
 evolved in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 in mid-seventies as a rediscovery of the dance hold in the improvisational disco
Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic and Latino Americans communities in the United States in the late 1960s....
 dance scene dominated by solo dancing, approximately at the same time when hustle
Hustle (dance)

The Hustle is a catchall name for several disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. Today it mostly refers to a unique partner dance done in ballrooms and nightclubs....
 emerged in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Both dances were greatly influenced by the Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 in film starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a local discoth?que....
 starring John Travolta
John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning United States actor, dancer and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction ....
. In various regions it is also known under different names: Disco Hustle
Hustle (dance)

The Hustle is a catchall name for several disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. Today it mostly refers to a unique partner dance done in ballrooms and nightclubs....
, Swing Fox, Disco Swing, Rock Fox.

Discofox is very popular in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 and Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
.

The set of figures is influenced by various dances: foxtrot
Foxtrot (Dance)

The Foxtrot is a ballroom dance which is often said to take its name from its inventor, the vaudeville actor Harry Fox; however the exact origins are unclear....
, swing
Swing (dance)

The term "swing dance" commonly refers to a group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing music style of jazz music in the 1920s, '30s and '40s....
, salsa
Salsa (dance)

Salsa is a dance for Salsa music created by Spanish language-speaking people from the Caribbean and their immigrant communities in the US. Salsa dancing mixes African and European dance influences through the music and dance fusions that are the roots of Salsa: Cuban SonGuaguanc?, Spanish Rumba, Boogaloo, Pachanga, Guaracha, Plena, Bomba, ....
, etc., adapted to the musical style and basic step of the dance. Moreover, various fusion styles emerged, such as Sals-Discofox and Disco Cha. Discofox is nearly the same as Hustle in USA.

Discofox may be danced to a wide variety of 2/4 and 4/4 music: 70s disco, 80s eurodance
Eurodance

Eurodance is a subgenre of electronic dance music originating in the early 1990s#Music. It combines many elements from House music, Hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and Hip-Hop music....
 (italo-disco), discopolo, pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
, techno
Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988....
. Tempo may vary. In social setting it is mostly danced in one place, although the couple may also move across the dance floor. It is danced with various types of single and double handhold
Handhold (dance)

A handhold is a manner the dancers hold each other's hands during the dance.A hold is the way one partner holds another one with hands.Hold and handhold are important components of connection in dance....
. Among the figures are various handwraps, spins, throw-outs/catches, poses, drops, and for competitions also acrobatic figures.

There are international competitions in discofox.

Basic timing and step


The beginner's count of the basic step is "step-step-tap". Advanced dancers use hustle-style split-beat four-step basic (still occupying 3 beats of music) counted variously: (1,2, & 3), (1,2, a3) (1,2, 3&), (1,2, 3a).

Leader's steps: RF back, LF back, RF tap; RF forward, LF forward, RF tap. Follower's steps are mirrored.

More information, calendar DVDs - all in German: The oldest (since 1998) and most visited German Site