How To Salsa Dance: He Goes, She Goes For The Follower

Step 1: Footwork For The Follower

The He Goes, She Goes is an exciting salsa dance step. The follower's footwork begins with a basic salsa step. So, starting with your feet together with equal weight on both feet, move your right foot backward about a foot or two, placing your weight on this foot. Keeping both feet where they are, now replace your weight to your right foot. Now bring your right foot back to its original position, next to the left foot with equal weight on both feet. Now, move the left foot forward a foot or so, placing your weight on this foot. Keeping both feet where they are, now replace your weight to your right foot and then move the left foot back to its original position next to the right foot, with equal weight on both feet. You now begin another basic, with the leader beginning his right turn during the 1st half of the basic. So, again, starting with your feet together with equal weight on both feet, move your right foot backward about a foot or two, placing your weight on this foot. Keeping both feet where they are, now replace your weight to your right foot. Now bring your right foot back to its original position, next to the left foot with equal weight on both feet. Now you will begin the second half of the basic, during which you will make your right turn. You will do with a back break as you lead the lady through her turn. Step forward with your left foot and angling it in front of the right foot with a distance of about a foot between the two. The toe of your right foot will point towards the heel of your left foot. The left foot will angle to your left. Now you will pivot on both feet clockwise a half a turn...so that now the right foot is the opposite of its original direction. A beat later, continue to pivot another half turn in the same clockwise direction and in the process bring your left foot back together with your right foot, so they end together. You will have now completed a full right turn.

Step 2: Upper Body For The Follower

In terms of upper body movement, the leader will hold you in a closed position hold for a front break and then do a back break, bringing your right hand up on the last count of the back break (seven) to a height equal to top of the man's head. Some call this the "pizza position" as the man's left arm is as a right angle with his hand titled back so that only his fingers support the lady's right hand, thus creating a shape similar to a pizza slice. This "pizza position" creates a sort of frame, through which the man looks directly at the lady as be begins performing his right turn. He turns, still keeping his left hand elevated at the same height so that you will know that your turn is next. As the man begins his back break, he raises his left hand higher and turns you in a clockwise direction, to your right. As you finish your turn, the man resumes a closed position hold, placing his right hand under your left arm, resting on your shoulder blade.