Kilian hold

Both partners face the way they travel, the follow at the lead's right, right hands clasped at the follow's hip.

Also called kilian position. Other names.

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Both partners face the same way and skate the same direction, the follow at the lead’s right and slightly ahead, so the lead’s right shoulder is behind the follow’s left. The follow’s left arm reaches across in front of the lead to the lead’s left hand. The lead’s right arm goes behind the follow’s back, and both right hands are clasped and rest over the follow’s right hip bone.

The first pattern dances in both the U.S. and the British tests are skated in it: the Dutch Waltz and the Rhythm Blues, from start to finish, with both partners on the same steps side by side. The Quickstep, the Rhumba and the Kilian itself keep it throughout too.

U.S. Figure Skating’s rulebook names variations: open Kilian, with one pair of hands released; crossed Kilian, with the lead’s right arm across in front; and high Kilian, with the joined hands raised to shoulder height.

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