Cross body lead

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The Cross Body Lead is the basic element in " New York Style " and " LA Style ", dance styles of Latin American salsa . It is used there to change sides and open the partners. The figure is also found in Cha-Cha-Cha and Rumba .

In the Cuban "casino" the corresponding figure is called "Dile que no" ( Spanish : tell him "no" ). What is meant by this is that the woman turns away from her dance partner while turning and playfully gives him a basket. The man completes the figure but then pulls the woman around to him.

Even if the "Cross Body Lead" and "Dile que no" correspond stylistically, they differ in the details of the dance. The "Cross Body Lead" is danced exactly on one line and, in contrast to the "Dile que no", the woman does not turn away from her partner.

The "Cross Body Lead", or the "Dile que no" is mainly danced in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the USA, which is why it came to Europe from there. The figure is largely unknown in mainland Latin America.