Box Counter Rotate

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In a Counter Rotate action, each dancer in a group moves forward and turns around the center of the group, maintaining the same distance from the center and keeping the same shoulder toward the center. By default the amount of moving and turning is 1/4 of a circle (90 degrees), but the caller can specify some other fraction.

In the most common case of four dancers in a mini-wave box, all the dancers are moving and turning in the same direction at the same time, so they can maintain their hand-holds throughout the entire action. This case is an example of a Box Counter Rotate.

Note that the direction of the turning is determined by the facing direction of the dancers. If they have their right shoulders toward the center, they will be turning to their right, and moving clockwise around the center (as viewed from above).

If they have their left shoulders toward the center, they will be turning to their left, and moving counter-clockwise around the center.

The term Box Counter Rotate is most commonly applied to the center box of a larger formation. The caller will identify the four dancers somehow, e.g., Centers Box Counter Rotate. In a formation where there are two boxes side by side, if the caller wants the dancers to do a box counter rotate action in each box, usually the term Split Counter Rotate will be used instead.