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
1@
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
@1
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.