Manos de Tijera (Scissor Hands)

A styling element where the arms cross and open repeatedly like scissor blades, framing and accenting an upper-body isolation. It is decoration — a way to make a chest or rib isolation read bigger and more deliberate.

• Lead: Often the follow's own styling — keep your frame quiet and give her the space and time to play it.
• Follow: Cross and open the hands cleanly in front of the chest, letting the scissors answer the isolation underneath.
• Timing: On accents, over 2–4 counts.
• Common mistake: Flapping the hands without an isolation beneath, so the styling has nothing to frame.

A small flourish that lifts the sensual isolations from functional to expressive. Use it to punctuate a held moment in the music.