Editing Closed position (section)

{{Short description|Category of positions}}
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[[File:Dance-At-Bougival.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Dance at Bougival]]'', by [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], 1883]]

In [[Partner dance|partner dancing]], '''closed position'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dance Positions: Closed Position (Ballroom) |url=https://www.ballroomdancers.com/Learning_Center/Technique/Dance_Positions/info.asp?pos=cp |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=www.ballroomdancers.com}}</ref> is a category of positions in which partners hold each other while facing at least approximately toward each other.

Closed positions employ either body contact or body support, that is, holding each other is not limited to [[Ballroom glossary#Handhold|handhold]]. If the partners are comfortable with each other and the dance style allows it, body contact increases the [[connection (dance)|connection]] between the partners. Some dances, such as [[Balboa (dance)|Balboa]] and [[Collegiate Shag]] are only done in body contact.