20. FIGURES

By the use of the word "Figure" in connection with the dances of the Fox Trot and the Waltz is meant that each figure is theseries of steps in each dance — such as the three walking steps in the Fox Trot which constitute a figure or the three steps of Waltz which again forms a single figure. In the Fox Trot and the  standard Waltz each series of steps constitutes a figure and each figure is danced to a measure of music. In such steps as that of the Toddle it will be seen in the description of that dance why a figure of the Toddle, while only of three steps, requires two measures of music.

Only a few figures introduced into each dance are better than too many which would tend to destroy the smoothness of the dance, so that the introduction of only seven or eight at the most with the simple steps of the original dance between the novelty steps offers a most attractive arrangement.

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