Cross Body Lead in Salsa turn patterns

Holds	Directions	Actions	Positions
Normal closed hold Normal open holds Crossed holds	Facing the line of dance Facing perpendicular to the line of dance	Change of a hand hold, Change of directions Cross body lead, Turns, Duck, Check Copa or 'In and Out', Hand drop, Hand throw Natural top, Walks	Hammerlock Half hammerlock or Broken arm Embrace, Arm loop, Sombrero Arm lock or Arm hook

Cross Body Lead

Variation

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Standard cross body lead

In a normal hold the man opens the way for the lady by turning to his left by 90°and leads her forward across him. The lady walks across, does a half left turn and ends up facing the opposite direction she was facing to start with. At the same time, the man does another quarter left turn in order to face the lady. At the end of the action, the dancers have reversed their original directions.

*N*

M → ← L

XBL

XBL with a left (inside) turn for the lady

The man initiates a XBL and while the lady steps across, he leads an additional one or more inside (left) turns.

*N*

M → ← L

XBL

XBL with a right (outside) turn for the lady

The man initiates a XBL and while the lady steps across, he leads an additional one or more outside (right) turns.

*N*

M → ← L

XBL

360° XBL

In a normal closed hold the dancers execute a full 360° left turn (i.e. rotate counter-clockwise). At the completion of this XBL, the dancers end up in their original spots facing the original directions.

*N*

M → ← L

°XBL