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4.2: SPLIT FROM TIDAL WAVE
The call Split Counter Rotate means that each half of the square should counter rotate around its own center. In a tidal wave, each half is a wave, and the dancers in each half will be moving in circles around their own center point.
The centers of each wave will be moving in a small circle around the center point of their wave, and the ends of each wave will be moving in a larger circle around that center point. The ends stay ends of their wave, and the centers stay centers of their wave.
The result of Split Counter Rotate 1/4 from a tidal wave is parallel waves facing the other kind of wall. As in the case of diamonds, the square must "breathe" so that the two waves will end up an appropriate distance apart. The effect is the same as if Lockit had been called from the same formation.
Note, however, that if Split Counter Rotate 1/4 is called again, after the tidal wave has turned into parallel waves, this time the "Split" will divide the whole square into two boxes, each of which will counter rotate around its center point, resulting in columns.
Split Counter Rotate 1/4 twice from a tidal wave
In this case, from a tidal wave, Split Counter Rotate 1/2 turns out to not be the same thing as Split Counter Rotate 1/4 twice. The result of Split Counter Rotate 1/2 from a tidal wave is simply another tidal wave.
Split Counter Rotate 1/2 from a tidal wave
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