7. Circle Breaks

The gent crosses... ...in front (right leg crosses in front of left) For the gent, a quick left, right... ...left. The lady turns to cross in front. The gent's left... ...swings wide and around (that's his left to the outside) A few steps later, the gent pulls the lady close to closed dance position

counts 1 to 4	counts 5 to 8
first four counts of a come around	a first position push break.

Circle breaks, a break time pattern, are the first four counts of a come around followed by a first position push break. As the footwork of these two patterns is repeated, the leader and follower should sit away from one another slightly and allow the centrifugal force of their motion to place the follower’s back firmly into the palm of the leader’s right hand. This pattern can be repeated until the leader does the second half of the come around to get into basic footwork.

....when ready to exit

the 2nd half of the come around

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