Frame (dance)

[1][2] In swing and blues dances, frame is the body shape and muscle tone maintained by dancers, which allows the leader to communicate moves to the follower.

[3] The frame is the way the dancers hold their hands, arms, shoulders, neck, head and upper torso.

[2] The correct way to hold a frame depends on the particular dance; it is different in International Standard, International Latin, social Latin dances such as salsa, and others.

The frame provides connection between the dance partners, making leading and following possible.

[3] A frame is a stable structural combination of both bodies maintained through the dancers' arms and/or legs, and allows the leader to transmit body movement to the follower, and for the follower to suggest ideas to the leader.