Promenade Position

The Promenade Position  (PP)  is a  connected dance position in ballroom and other dances. It is described differently in various dance categories.

For American Smooth and International Standard, the Ballroom position is a “V” shaped dance position with the leader’s right outer hip and the follower’s inner left hip in contact at the point of the “V”, and with the leader’s left side and the follower’s right side slightly open at aproximately a 45 degree angle. The direction of travel is toward the open side. Some skilled dancers may sacrifice the “narrowness” of the V-shape in favor of the amount of the progressive movement.

Additional Details
The leader and follower stand in front of each other in body contact, slightly offset to the left, with the middle of the follower’s front connected to the leader’s right front. The connection begins at the upper thighs and should continue all of the way up to the middle of the torso or rib cage. The leader’s left hand holds the follower’s right hand, palm to palm in an upper-hand clasp, with fingers and thumbs closed around the partner’s hand. The leader’s right hand must rest on the follower’s back, loosely cupped with fingers and thumb together (not spread apart). The leader’s hand connects to the follower’s back on their shoulder blade. The leader’s wrist should make contact with the follower’s underarm at the junction of the arm and body. This connection should not change from the basic closed position. The follower’s left hand and forearm must be on the leader’s upper arm. This connection should also not change from the basic closed position.

For further details regarding the Promenade Position for other dance styles see the Wikipedia link below.