What does “Body contact” mean?
Body contact is a style of closed position in partner dancing ( closed position with body contact ); it is also a type of physical connection , mainly of the right-hand sides of the partners' costal arches .
Definition adapted from Glossary of partner dance terms on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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