What does “Side lead” mean?
A body position or action during a step, sometimes also called same side lead . Side-leading refers to a movement during which the side of the body corresponding to the moving foot is consistently in advance as a result of a previous contra body movement or body turns less action. A step with side lead will often precede or follow a step of the opposite foot taken into contra body movement position (in which the leading side is that opposite the moving foot) without requiring intervening rotation of the body. Due to the offset position of the partners in the hold, a left side lead may be quite pronounced whereas a right side lead will be more subtle if taken in closed position.
Definition adapted from Glossary of partner dance terms on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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