Add a small follower triple step to cross-body travel while keeping the final supporting foot unchanged.
Cross Body Lead Variations - Salsa Lessons in Los Angeles🔥
Danny Kalman - Dance Chemistry Project · 1 of 3
Description
Add a small follower triple step to cross-body travel while keeping the final supporting foot unchanged.
Use On1 timing: six regular weight changes on 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 unless an explicitly counted spin recovery, syncopation or held accent is described. Rotation without a step does not add a weight transfer.
Use five small transfers on 5-&-6-&-7, not four transfers that leave the wrong foot free. This catalogue uses the title for the particular practice version described here; naming and sequences vary between schools.
Instructions
Lead
1
Beat 1: Step left forward with weight.
2
Beat 2: Step right slightly back with weight, opening your torso left.
3
Beat 3: Step left out of the lane with weight, facing about a quarter left.
5
Beat 4: Pause without an extra step; allow rotation to settle.
6
Beat 5: Step right back with weight as the follower travels past.
7
Beat 6: Step left with weight toward the new facing.
8
Beat 7: Close right with weight, facing the follower at the opposite end.
9
Beat 8: Pause without an extra step; keep your balance for the next 1.
Follow
1
Beat 1: Step right back with weight.
2
Beat 2: Replace weight onto left.
3
Beat 3: Step right underneath you with weight.
5
Beat 4: Pause without an extra step; allow rotation to settle.
6
Beat 5: Step left forward with weight; on the & after 5, step right with weight.
7
Beat 6: Step left with weight; on the & after 6, step right with weight, continuing the counterclockwise half-turn.
8
Beat 7: Step left with weight to finish facing your partner.
9
Beat 8: Pause without an extra step; keep your balance for the next 1.
Lead Direction
Offer ordinary cross-body travel; this agreed practice variation changes follower footwork without adding arm pulses.
Tips
Use five small transfers on 5-&-6-&-7, not four transfers that leave the wrong foot free.
Practice slowly with small steps and keep your own supporting balance.
Common Mistakes
Holding fingers tightly so the connection cannot swivel or release.
Continuing a turn after losing the shared rhythm or your own balance.
