How to do a Cross Body Lead in Salsa Dancing

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Now that we have the foot work, let's try doing the cross body lead together. We're going to show you first, and then we'll break it down. It looks like this from a basic. Basic, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, cross body lead, 5, 6, 7. Back to basic at the end. We'll show you one more time going the other way. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1. We're just going to take it half and half. First 3 steps, gentlemen, you're going forward and open. Ladies, you're going back, rock, together. It's going to look like this. 1, 2, 3. The important things to know here are that the gentleman's feet are open and he's out of the girl's way. Notice I have a clear path to walk through. You don't want to be standing in front of her so that she's going to trip over your feet or step on you, or feel like she has to walk around you. The way it works is the guys gets out of the way, the girl walks straight forward. Guys, make sure your feet aren't in her way. The other thing is there's a tendency for the hand to go with the feet. A lot of the guys go forward and back with the feet, and then they also pull the hand back, but you don't want to do that because it's not time for the girl to walk forward yet. When you pull your foot back on 3, you want to keep your hand forward like this. 1, 2, 3. The foot opens, but the hand continues to press forward, basically telling the girl wait don't go forward yet, it's not time. You're going forward, hold her back. Not yet woman. Then when you're ready to bring her across, which is on count 5, you're going to use your right hand to push her forward and guide her over to the other side as you do your rock step. On 5, as you take your step with your right foot, that's when you start pushing. 5, bring her across, 6, together, 7. Very important that you give her that push. Ladies, again, your job is just to follow, so you do not go unless and until he pushes you. You've got to make those boys do their job. Again, forward on 1, open 3, hold her back, push on 5, bring across 6, 7.

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