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Dance Assessment Resource Guide

Canada · English · 160 pages

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Dance Assessment Resource Guide February 2026 Copyright © 2026 Skate Canada 42 STAR 6 STAR 6A – Ten-Fox Music Tempo Pattern Inventor Foxtrot 4/4 • 25 measures of 4 beats per minute • 100 beats per minute Set George Muller First Performed Philadelphia, Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society, 1939 Description The Ten-Fox, as the title suggests, is mainly a combination of parts of the old Tenstep and the Foxtrot. Most dancers seem to find it easier and therefore more enjoyable than either of those dances. The dance begins with a progressive sequence of three steps, the partners being in closed hold. On step 4 skater A (the follow) does a four-beat left backward outside swing roll and then turns forward on step 4b for a two count right forward inside edge, which brings the partners into open hold. Step 4 for skater B (the lead) is a six-beat right forward outside-inside change edge. The change from an outside to an inside edge takes place on count one as skater A (the follow) turns forward. It is very important that skater A (the follow) makes a smooth transition at this point, as they turn from the backward edge to a forward edge. Steps 5, 6 and 7 are another progressive sequence followed by a four-beat right forward outside edge for skater A (the follow) as skater B (the lead) skates a right forward outside three turn and then a two-beat left backward outside edge, bringing the partners again into closed hold. As in the Foxtrot, skater A (the follow) accentuates count one of step 8 (8 begins with count three) with a knee bend as skater B (the lead) takes step 8b, a two-beat left backward outside edge. Step 9 is a left forward outside three for skater A (the follow) as skater B (the lead) skates a right backward outside edge. Skater B (the lead) then turns forward onto a left forward outside edge, skater A (the follow) being on a right backward outside edge, as they begin another progressive sequence of three steps leading into steps 13 and 14, which is an open C step for skater B (the lead) while skater A (the follow) skates from a right backward outside edge to a left forward outside. As in the Fourteenstep, it is important that the partners' shoulders be parallel to each other and to the tracings, and that skater B (the lead) checks their rotation with their shoulders after their C step on step 14, so that both partners' shoulders remain approximately flat to the tracings around the end of the rink. Following skater B’s (the lead's) C step, there is another progressive sequence across the end of the rink leading into skater A’s (the follow’s) C step on steps 17 and 18. Step 19, which is the end of the dance is a left backward inside for the follow and a right forward inside for skater B (the lead). This has always been a dance that most skaters have enjoyed. Let us keep it so by remembering to have soft knee bends, no pushing, and to lend an ear to the rhythm of the music. Suggested Introductory Steps Skater B (Lead): RFO (2), LFO (2), RFO (2), LFO (1), RFI (1) Skater A (Follow): RFO (2), LFO (2), RFO (2), LFO3 (2)