QuickStep

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Style: International (English) Style

Category: Modern/Standard Ballroom

Rhythm: 4/4 time

Tempo: 50-52 Bars per minute (Competition)

              38-54 Bars per minute (Social)

History:

         Originally called 'Quick-Time Foxtrot' (and originally competed under the category 'Quick-Time Foxtrot and Charleston'), the Quickstep developed from the slower Foxtrot.  As bands began to play the Foxtrot rhythm in a faster and faster manner, dancers still wanted to dance their familiar Foxtrot steps.  After some adjustment Quickstep emerged as its own dance.

          The 'Stand-Alone' in International Style, its closest American Style equivalent is the Peabody, which is only very rarely seen in the US today.