You are confusing " rhythm " dancing with " slow " dancing--2 different animals.Rhythm or " crush " as we used to call it, is a required part of an Assoc exam ( demo only )
the speed of slow dance is usually around 20 bars per min.-- its slooooow .
The kind of thing you see people do when they appear to be standing still-- THATS slow dance.

Like i said-- the A/ murray chain constructed a set of movements that could be danced to that painfully slow tempo -- its called " Foxy "

My instructor teaches a specific dance called "slow dance' similar to that Serendipidy's description, only the lead rocks back on his left foot, rocks forward on his right, then a clockwise quarter turn starting with the LF, then rocking back on the right foot. Yes, you can promenade and a few other simple steps. She presents it as a nice alternative to simply rocking or swaying to very slow music.

As usual, this message board provides great feedback, ideas and real useful information. I am anxious to try some of these ideas, and get a better handle on the "Foxy." I am going to question my instructor about this, as he's been teaching for 40 years. He's just never showed my wife and I anything that can be utilized when the temp gets painfully slow, as terence2 so accurately describes it. Most dancers probably understand what I mean when saying it would be nice to be able to do steps that look sharp in a slow dance, especially to a song you are very fond of.
Happy New Year to all of the participants on this board whom I've come to admire in a very short time. Thanks again.

The length of teaching time may not be enough to identify the Foxy( it is only taught in a structured manner at A/ M )but I,m sure they could come up with something appropriate