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Right shoulder

·1 min

An [open] position in which the leader has the back of his left hand touching his right shoulder. In this case, the hand should rest over the shoulder close to the neck, with the palm of the hand visible and pointing up and to the right. This position is reached by bringing your left hand over your head onto your right shoulder, like tracing the character ⋂ over your head (an upside down U) while rotating 180 degrees clockwise (this can be done in two steps, like in a salsa right turn steps 2 and 3). At the end of the turn, the leader and the follower will be facing in the same direction, sort of like >_>, where the follower stands behind the leader as the leader holds the follower’s hand at the shoulder. Usually the next step is to leave the follower’s hand at the shoulder.