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During the summer of 1914, actor Harry Fox was appearing in shows in New York with Yansci Dolly and featured a new dance in his performance. People at the "Jardin de Danse" on the roof of the New York Theatre soon started to copy the act that Harry was putting on downstairs, leading them to refer to the dance as "Fox's Trot".

How routines should look:

The dance should flow, this is a very smooth dance - there should be no jerkiness.

The timing is slow, quick, quick, slow. The dancers should drive off on the slow and let the quicks take care of themselves. (drive, easy, easy, drive).

Trotting steps, very up and down.

Routines should include:

Weave - the weave is 6 quicks in a row - all taken on the toes. Quicks are generally taken on the toe, slows on the heels.

Feather Step - when the man steps outside of the girl.

The dancers should cover the floor very well, working in zig-zags.