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Click here for the IDTA Foxtrot Syllabus.

Click on each Figure for details and video examples.
Pre-Bronze
1.
Feather Step
2.
Three Step
3. Natural Turn
4. Reverse Turn (incorporating
Feather Finish)
5.
Closed Impetus and Feather Finish

Bronze
6.
Natural Weave
7. Change of Direction
8.
Basic Weave

Silver
9.
Closed Telemark
10.
Open Telemark – Feather Ending
11.
Top Spin
12. Hover Feather
13. Hover Telemark
14.
Natural Telemark
15.
Hover Cross
16.
Open Telemark – Natural Turn – 
       Outside Swivel – Feather Ending
17.
Open Impetus
18.
Weave from PP
19. Reverse Wave

Gold
20. Natural Twist Turn
21. Curved Feather to Back Feather
22. Natural Zig-Zag from PP
23. Fallaway Reverse and Slip Pivot
24.
Natural Hover Telemark
25. Bounce Fallaway with Weave Ending

Notes on the ISTD Syllabus

The syllabus to the left is the most recent iteration, taken from 
the 10th edition of the Ballroom Technique by Alex Moore, last 
amended in July 1994.

All competitions prescribing the ISTD syllabus use this list of 
figures, with some regional differences noted below. 

A note on Syllabus Amalgamations
For figures 10 and 16, the syllabus can produce the false impression 
that these are the only permissible combinations. In reality, there are 
several precedes and follows for the Open Telemark, Feather Ending,
Passing Natural Turn, and the Outside Swivel. For the sake of clarity, 
here are step patterns in their smallest possible units:
10. Open Telemark
11. Feather Ending
...
17. Passing Natural Turn
18. Outside Swivel

Exceptions: German dancers competing D-Class/C-Class syllabus 
standard under DTV rules must observe the following exceptions:
a) Additional Figure: Back Feather (as an independent figure).  


Foxtrot Video Analysis

Click here for annotated syllabus Foxtrot videos.
History of the Foxtrot Syllabus
Click here to view a comparison of historic ISTD Foxtrot Syllabi. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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