Cross Body Steps for Ladies in Salsa Dancing for Beginners

Video Transcript

" Hi! This is Leslie Sack for expertvillage.com. You can check out my website at www.lesliesack.com. We are doing Salsa and this is the ladies part for a cross body lead and it looks like this. Back on the right, forward, half turn so it is a basic step. Guys are going to be opening their shoulders and then sort of like a door, they are opening the door for you and saying this is where I want you to go. So when he turns his shoulder away from you, don't worry. It just means he is going to do a cross body lead. So you are going to get ready and instead of a regular basic just turn in a little bit and you are going to be turning on your left foot. So after you do the back part of the basic, you go 1, 2, 3, hold, 4, you just open the door and you are going to step forward with your left foot. You need to keep your right foot behind you, ½ turn and then he steps back on your right foot, back on your left foot. That's the end. So it is 1, 2, 3, hold, 4. The hold is really important. Then you step 5, knees squeezed together half turn 6, 7 hold 8. All right, 1, 2, 3, hold, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, hold, 4, thank you very much. Go against the door, you walk through the door. Take little steps, small steps. It is very important to go through this bad you want to step just a little like this. The most common mistake people make on this step so we want to take little steps, squeeze your knees back and you are done; cross body lead for the ladies."