Editing Direction of movement (section)

===Natural vs. reverse turns ===

The term "[[natural turn]]" describes a right or clockwise turn of the dance couple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballroomdancers.com/dances/info.asp?sid=128|title=Natural turn|publisher=BallroomDancers.com|accessdate=2021-05-19}}</ref> This usage originated from the names of [[waltz]] moves and was transferred to other, similar dances.{{fact|date=April 2020}}

A commonly stated theory of the origin of the term is that considering the right-shifted position in a couple (even more pronounced in older times) and the counter-clockwise direction of travel along the [[Ballroom glossary#Line of dance|line of dance]], the right turns are easier to perform, they are more "natural".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rounddancing.net/dance/articles/whatisnatural.html|title=What Is Natural About A Natural Turn?|publisher=Round Dancing|accessdate=2020-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://socialballroom.dance/how-to-do-a-dance-turn-reverse-and-natural-turns|title=How to do a Dance Turn: Reverse and Natural Turns|publisher=SocialBallroom.dance|accessdate=2020-04-30}}</ref> This is especially true at the corners of the dance floor: the amount of the right turn is effectively only {{frac|3|4}} of a full turn, and the amount of the left turn is effectively as much as {{frac|5|4}}, because the LOD changes its direction by 90 degrees to the left (CCW).

The partner dancing forward is said to be on the ''outside'' of the turn, having the longer way to move, and the partner dancing backward is on the ''inside'' of the turn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballroomguide.com/resources/blog/2017_01_04_inside_outside_of_turns.html|title=Inside and Outside of Turns|publisher=Ballroom Guide|accessdate=2020-04-30|archive-date=2020-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514191218/http://www.ballroomguide.com/resources/blog/2017_01_04_inside_outside_of_turns.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>