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1.1: THE MOST COMMON CASEThe basic idea of counter rotate is that everybody in a formation moves a certain amount around a center point, while at the same time turning the same amount.Most commonly, the amount to turn is 1/4 of a circle (90 degrees). The illustration shows the dancers in a box turning 1/4 of the way around the center point of the box. Everybody is moving in an arc 1/4 of the way along a small circle. Everybody is turning 1/4 (90 degrees, "one wall") at the same time. Everybody who starts facing head walls is now facing side walls. You may find it helpful to imagine the people standing on a turntable of some kind -- a merry-go-round, a phonograph turntable, or a lazy-susan -- and they are all moving together as that platform turns.
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