Back to Back

Back to Back (Spanish espalda con espalda) is a transition figure where the lead and follow rotate to pass back-to-back while keeping a hand connection, then continue round to face each other again. It shows up constantly inside sombrero-family combos as the moment the couple swaps sides without releasing — a brief spine-to-spine pass on the way through.

• Lead: Keep the joined hand alive as you rotate past — the connection threads the move; let the back-to-back be a pause in travel, not a stop.
• Follow: Travel through the rotation keeping your own hand connected, and don't anticipate the face-off — let the lead bring you round.
• Timing: Rotate to back-to-back on 1-2-3, come round to face on 5-6-7.
• Common mistake: Dropping the hand or stopping dead at the back-to-back moment instead of keeping the connection and the travel flowing.

A connective transition rather than a destination — the glue inside sombrero (SL038) and sombrero-doble (SL093) combos. Builds on the enchufla travel and the overhead sombrero family.