What does “Backleading” mean?
In social dancing strongly relying on leading and following , this term means that the follower executes steps without waiting for or contrary to the lead of the leader. This is also called anticipation and usually considered bad dancing habit. An exception would be to avoid a collision with another couple the leader hasn't seen (but this is usually just to stop the leader performing specific steps rather than the follower actively executing steps). Sometimes this term is used in the meaning of hijacking , which is not exactly the same.
Definition adapted from Glossary of partner dance terms on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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