Alignments

This relates to where the foot (or feet) are facing at the end of a step.  There is also a pointing alignment that happens on the inside of a turn.

They are based around an imaginary "line of dance" that runs anti clockwise around the dance floor.

Understanding the definitions shown below will help as we start to look at specific figures within the Ballroom and Latin dances.

The standard alignments used in Ballroom and Latin Dancing