Foxtantino Mission Statement
Foxtantino Creators Ted Ross and Karen Lile Photography by Lewis Smith
The Foxtantino is not only an exciting new dance, it has a mission:
To Encourage Fun, Creativity and Improvisation
To encourage fun, creativity and improvisation in ballroom partner dancing.
To Provide New Opportunities
To provide additional opportunities for public recognition of partner dancing at local, National levels that are not already available to the ballroom community at this time.
To Recognize Dancers, Teachers and Performers
To promote and recognize those who create, dance, perform, teach and master the Foxtantino, now and in the future.
To Promote New Music
To commission and stimulate the creation and the use of new Swing and Foxtrot music that can be used for the Foxtantino.
To Expand
To always keep opportunities open for people to expand the scope and benefit of Foxtantino.
To Build upon Existing Knowledge
To build upon the already existing wisdom and knowledge of the Ballroom culture and pedagogy and the Argentine Tango culture and pedagogy when creating the standards for the Foxtantino.
To Support Already Existing Dances
To encourage people to learn the techniques, culture and figures of other Ballroom Dances and Argentine Tango so that they can more fully appreciate the fusion Foxtantino creates between the two cultures and how it is the same and also different from the other dances.
Pertaining to the Development, Invention, Creation and Management of the Foxtantino by Karen Lile Dance
The following is the specific mission statement for Karen Lile Dance as it manages the development, invention, and creation of the Foxtantino now and in the future.
To Stimulate Economic and Artistic Excellence
To demonstrate by example that recognition and money can be distributed effectively and fairly to stimulate economic and artistic excellence in Foxtantino without using competition as a means for selecting recipients and controlling the process.
To Be a Principle of Plenty
To cooperate with businesses and professionals in creating products & services that bring economic prosperity to all participants. This is based on the belief that there is plenty to go around, if correct principles are applied to business transactions along the way.
To Encourage No Limits to Creativity and New Steps
To wisely manage the trademark of the name Foxtantino so that it is not used to create artificial scarcity or to limit the creativity and vision of others.
