CIRCLING COUNTERCLOCKWISE: THE PART OF THE SUN BECOMES THE PART OF THE TANGO

“When I asked why (tango couples) circle counterclockwise they told me: because it’s always been that way.”

OSCAR MORAN, La pareja de tango (1999)

“The jazz composer, Thelonius Monk, frequently rose from his piano and proceeded to dance in a counterclockwise direction, his feet beating out intricate figures before he returned to the piano.”

STERLING STUCKEY, Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America (1987)