Salsa Beginners 2 - The Butterfly Move - How to Make the Lady Shine on the Dancefloor

So this one is called the butterfly .

It's actually the same move as your shoulder check , but this time executed with two hands .

So here we go .

We start with the cross body lead 12 , cross 56 , changing of the hands .

Preparing the lady for a single , I turn 12 , bringing your hand up on three , turning her 56 and immediately at seven , I'm offering my left hand .

OK ?

So as you can see , it's important lady that you always keep your arms centered in the middle .

So when he offers , you have immediately contact guys , I always advise you not to start grabbing hands , just offer your hand and he can easily accept and you still have some time .

OK ?

Because you have three counts to prepare for one to the inside term with the butterfly .

Now from here with both hands , I'm going to bring my lady forward on five and I'm going to turn her in six and seven , bringing two hands up .

Now we're gonna bring the hands down on one .

And before we go up guys , we're gonna let go with the left hand .

You can also let go with the other hand .

But in this explanation , an example , we're gonna let go with the left .

This is one now bringing her back two and three and then turning our partner on 567 .

OK ?

Now I'm going straight into the explanation of the butterfly because the hand position is the most important of all .

So let's imagine we come from that side , we do a cross body lead , we change the hand , we turn the partner and then you offer the hand .

Ok ?

Now take a look , one and two and three .

And as you can see , I'm keeping my fingers open , the thumbs are open and Vanessa is keeping her fingers like this slightly bent .

Ok ?

So she's holding on to me important is that even though he opens for a cobo elite position that the lady will still stay on that side .

Now , on five with both hands together , we are bringing her forward five and here comes the most important moment .

If you keep your elbows out guys , if you keep your elbows out , then you will see that without any problems , you can turn her very easily on six and seven .

The only thing is that you keep your fingers open and relax so her hands can turn around your hands .

Ok ?

So let's go back for that in our classes .

If people have any troubles , it's always on count .

Number six , take a look what some people do .

They start holding on too much .

With the thumbs and they go like this five .

And now look what happens if you start squeezing the hands and you turn it in , it's gonna be very hard for me to keep my elbow out .

So as you can see the elbow of my left arm start now hitting her head and it looks like this and then by the time that it has to go over her head , it becomes very uncomfortable .

So guys remember wanting keep your elbows out and your fingers open and you will have all the time in the world and without any hardship , take a look , you can easily execute the butterfly .

Now , from this moment , the hands are open , Vanessa is having her hands on the side of her body .

Another important thing , guys , be sure that you keep your hands in front of her shoulders as you can see her shoulder line is here .

Be sure that you keep her hands in front of the shoulder line .

I see many , many times guys like this ladies being in a very hard painful position , be sure that you keep your hands in front of her shoulders .

Now guys , when you bring the hands down , take a look , they can go down very easily .

If you keep them close to her body , the further you are with her hands away from her body , the more painful it becomes so be sure that you keep them close to her body .

One .

Now I'm gonna let go with my left 23 , bringing her back into this position on 567 .

OK ?

So now you have all the details that you need to know to go into a comfortable butterfly .

Be sure you check out the shoulder check before you start practicing this one .

OK .

So let's do it two more times .

12 , cross body lead , five changing of the heads , a preparation turn with a single right turn 56 offering up on 71 and two and three and five elbows out small steps .

One let go 23 and turn five and six and seven .

Ok .

From the other side as well .

56 .

Cost per lead 12 and cost changing off the hands forward one turn in place five offering your left hand up 12 and forward in hands going down one let go 23 and 56 and seven .