Music – Foxtrot 4/4 Tempo – 25 measures of 4 beats per minute – 100 beats per minute Pattern – Optional Duration – The time required to skate 4 sequences is 1:07 min. Patterns, Step Charts & Additional Information The Foxtrot must be dance, not stepped. There must be soft knee action and flow. The free foot must always be placed on the ice close beside the skating foot. The dance is designed to be skated on deep edges with semi-circular lobes. Inventors – Eric van der Weyden and Eva Keats First performance – London, Westminster Ice Rink, 1933