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Summary: Learn the cross body lead step for ladies for dancing the cha-cha in this free video dance lesson for beginners.
About the Expert
Leslie Sack Leslie Sack has been teaching, performing and competing in Latin and ballroom dancing for the past 12 years. Before moving to Santa Barbara in 1999, she taugh... read more
This is Leslie Sack with expertvillage.com. My website is lesliesack.com and this is the cross body lead for the girls. Are you ready? You’re going to go, the guy is going to turn his shoulders away from you and that’s your key that this is going to be the cross body lead, the guy is going to be like this…and then you’ll know it’s the cross body lead. It’s like here’s the door, he’s opening up the door for you to go through the door you’re the princess here’s your red carpet. So here we go ladies you’re going to step side, rock, step, Cha-Cha, side, rock, step, oh look here the door open, go forward, Cha-Cha, one, rock, step, Cha-Cha, side. So this is kind of fancy, you’re going to go forward that locks it up, step forward on your left and pivot on your left foot, keeping these together like mama told you, step and Cha-Cha, side, two, three. Here we go Cha-Cha, one, step, turn, Cha-Cha, one, rock, back, going forward, step, turn, step, Cha-Cha, side, two, three. So that’s the cross body lead for the girls.