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The leader’s right hand palm is on the follower’s back, on the follower’s left shoulder blade, and the follower’s left arm rests on the leader’s right arm. The leader stands face-to-face to the follower, sort of like the characters ||.

Paraphrased advice from Damon D’Amico:

In general, in a closed position, the leader’s wrist should rest against the crook of the follower’s armpit, the axilla. There should be no gap between the wrist and the armpit. This is where the steering power comes from.

Reached via:

• right left-side pass inside chain turn
• sugar push inside pivot turn into closed
• right-side pass into closed
• left-side inside chain turn into closed

💃🏻🕺🏽 Leads to:

• left triple forward triple into starter
• forward tap forward triple
• closed right-side pass redirect
• lock the knee
• left diagonal tap right diagonal tap
• left collect-tap-return right collect-tap-return
• left-side pass outside pass turn into righty-down-out
• closed fold

💃🏻🕺🏽 Reached via:

• sugar push inside pivot turn into closed
• lock the knee
• left diagonal tap right diagonal tap
• right left-side inside chain turn into closed
• left side inside chain turn into wrap hip catch alternating chain turns
• left-side inside chain turn into closed