| Show Dancing Wins Rank as Valued Study at Utah TROT FOX GIVES GRACE TO BODY AND MIND ALSO b Man Ian Who Vho Ignores Terpsichore Terpsichore Terpsichore Terpsi Terpsi- chore Loses Lifes Dessert Des sei sert t Instructor Says TELLS READERS no HOW TO MAKE l NEW NEV STEPS I Standardized trot Fox With ith War Var Flavor Imparted by byU byU U Teacher HY nY n. n Instructor In Ph Physical I l University of or A CI G holds such an important D DANCING place In popular esteem that e educators educators edu edu- u- u caton have at last Joined with dancing masters rs In an endeavor to have the art b become come a recognized part of oC everyone's every ever ones one's education Th There rc arc are several rea- rea eons fons for Cor the reco recognition no now Sl given n popular standardized standardised dances Of OC these reasons two stand out clearly and will willbe he be enough to Illustrate wh why the University lilt aIt sity of ot Utah with other educational In Institutions Institutions In- In provides for dancing lancing classes In fn the curriculum of oC the physical education education education edu edu- cation I refer reCer to the b beneficial physical exercise ex ex- lle as one clear and positive r result sult of oC dancing and also to the recreational t and anel social value alue of ot the tho dance The first phase needs no explanation other than thana thann a n reminder that In fn developing strength and grace In in gymnastic exercises It is hotter better to pay more attention to healthful health health- ful habits than to follow an any specialIzed specialIzed specialized special special- series o of exercises which tend to develop elop one set of ot muscles or to strengthen but one part of oC the body Social In lit High h Dancing Is an exercise which level level- ops the whole bod body and moreover has hasa a x social value alue and play spirit found In fn no other recreational activity As Asto Asto Asto I to the second statement dancing is b the spice In the bread and meat diet of oC our days day's work It is our dessert and the individual who denies himself the communion communion com corn munion with his fellow beings the gaiety Joy and variety that dancing affords Is living entirely on fare too plain for his own well being There is nothing that can quite take the place of oC dancinG A theatre is a place o of amusement to a n. degree only onh I It Is also a place of oC study stud studa a thres threshing ln floor for serious problems perhaps even a place of oC worship The social contact here Is little and can In fn no noway noway noway way compare with the social contact of oC the dancing floor loor The Tho out doors affords big free of ot recreation but even eyen with Its natural there thero is corn I companionships com com- little of oC social value This This' I Ifs Is gained only through contact with j jour our fellow beings Social development Is fa invaluable for Cor each cach one of or us It ItIs Itis Itis I is the unfolding o of that put pat of oC our natures which makes association with I others enjoyable Needed edd for Full Life Speaking In fn more serious vein eln I I might suggest that social development dc I is the tap root of or democracy In little things as well as great creal Issues Without Without With With- out this development we are arc not living the full happy happ lIC life gaining and giving in fn our contact with others I There Thera are man many good business men successful In their special lines of en endeavor en- en I enI I deavor themselves financially finan finan- I finan-I daily and the public hy by the tho promotion of ot public utilities and enterprises in involving In- In the use of ot large amounts of money mone- There are skilled artisans In Inmany Inmany inmany many vocations specialists and authorities authorities author author- Dies in their chosen work If H we ve meet these men In their offices or work worl workshops workshops shops shop we are arc often oCten awed b by their ver very personalities but bat let us meet one of ot these theo same men at a dancing party part or social gathering and we often oCten find him a man mm who doesn't un understand his fellow human beings being except as the they fit In with his personal narrow view view- point He lie knows nothing about human human hu hu- man man nature except as It will benefit or Interfere with his plans to gather to himself gold old and silver or material accomplishment He lie Is a social Impossibility impossibility Im Im- im- im possibility a man completely In fn the 1 ci I I 1 t r I 44 te e 4 ti t I 7 ff I i it 4 a. a f I i w V V i 4 0 I I f grip or of an uncomfortable con seH Figure ro No n. n 1 F. F Figure f zure 1 No r. r o. o 2 2 I I Figure b NO TO 3 I IiI Piny ln Hours Show ShotT n 11 Mon Inn We are arc Judged largely larsel by the impre impressions im- im pre we wo m milco lo during durInS' our leisure time Wo Ya never ne know a man unless we we know him at al pl play r as well as at work The amount of service we are arc able to render our community depends to a n. great extent on our understanding 0 of our community people The amou amount t of ot enjoyment we get set Crom our worKaday worKaday worK worK- aday hours depends to a certain extent upon the r recreation the rest the freshness freshness freshness fresh fresh- ness we wc get for Cor ourselves cs We nc cannot live and work well on a sole solo diet of oC meat and bread or In thc these c war times rye rc and vegetables we must have some condiments and some som des dessert rt The fox trot is the most lively of oC the thc modern standardized lances dances It comes to us this year ear with a 11 variety of ot new movements which show Its changeable changeable change chans-c- able mood This quality of or the foxtrot foxtrot foxtrot fox fox- trot Is however approved b by the thc most auth authentic critics of modern dancing The national convention con of dancing masters which mot in New V C York in September selected three dances to he nationally standardized These are I Ithe the up-to-date up fox Cox trot the waltz and the one The waltz and step one-step will be described in a future article Fox Trot rot Hold lInCe At u this time the fox Cox trot retains Its old following while numerous new enthusiasts enthusiasts en en- aro arc being attracted b by its snappy cut clean-cut movement mo Added to this Is a military zest t typical of the universal order of oC the day Dancers who do not know the new fox Cox trot should l learn arn It It and might well begin beJin with this spirited and catchy dance As a last tord ord of advice I might mention tha that the person who does not lance dance Is missing more than can easily casU be bo calculated Tho social advantages alone that the loses make the time and effort spent in learning the tho simple technique of oC the figures seem a small item in comparison The Trot Described d. d Following is the trot fox written en In description that anyone can can understand understand understand under under- I stand stand- The tempo is 4 1 I but for convenience convenience con con- in teaching the dance the count of ot one has the value of two musical notes The figures throughout the description refer reCer to counts The Tho waltz step In the trot fox-trot Is timed as follows Slow first step a reaching k c a t c. c p j t j i Figures posed are Lucile LucileE E. E Rogers hid and J. J Douglas Cook |
