Historical SourcePublic DomainStep Figures Available
The Fox Trot: How To Dance It (Joan Sawyer, 1914)
Publisher: Joan Sawyer ("Originator of this Season's most Popular Dance") / Columbia Graphophone Co., New York City. 10-page souvenir pamphlet distributed November 1914 with Columbia Double-Disc Dance Records. Sawyer self-identifies as the Fox Trot's originator (Persian Garden, Broadway NYC) and teaches four named figures in Ballin'-the-Jack-style (Columbia Record A1629 referenced). Richard Powers collection.Year: 1914Family: sawyer-ftCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Joan Sawyer ("Originator of this Season's most Popular Dance") / Columbia Graphophone Co., New York City. 10-page souvenir pamphlet distributed November 1914 with Columbia Double-Disc Dance Records. Sawyer self-identifies as the Fox Trot's originator (Persian Garden, Broadway NYC) and teaches four named figures in Ballin'-the-Jack-style (Columbia Record A1629 referenced). Richard Powers collection. (1914). Step-by-step detail available. Imported from local collection.