Salsa
Triple Cross Shine
Cross, cross, cross. A fast crossing-step shine with taps stacked three deep — the footwork flourish that turns a break into a statement.
This move builds: Style …on the always-on four — Connection, Frame, Comfort, Posture.
A video walkthrough for this move is on the way.
- Entry
- open, none
- Exit
- open, none
- Tempo
- fast
- Musical use
- accent/filler
- Connector
- No
- Level
- Advanced
- Cluster
- Shines
- Style
- Both
What This Move Is
An advanced shine built from crossing steps with taps in a stacked, three-part pattern — cross-tap, cross-tap, cross-tap — danced fast and clean. It's the footwork-show shine: it demands foot speed, precise weight changes, and tight timing, and it reads as real skill the instant it lands on the beat.
Key Points
- Lead/Follow (solo): Keep each cross small and the taps crisp — speed comes from economy of motion, not bigger steps. Stay over the balls of the feet so the weight changes stay clean at tempo.
- Timing: The crosses and taps subdivide the count — hit the strong beats with the crosses and slot the taps between. Drill it slow before you take it to speed.
- Common mistake: Letting the steps grow as you speed up so you lose the timing, or smearing the taps. Small, sharp, on the beat.
Style Notes
Builds on the Cross-Over Shine (SL054) and Swivels (SL056) — same crossing DNA, stacked and accelerated. Like all shines it's danced apart from open, none; re-collect into any move that enters there. Earn it at tempo before you bring it to the floor.
Chains into
After this, you can flow into…