[wax42]

Maybe the discepancy has to do with this: From our vantage point (looking at the dancer "straight on"), clockwise/counter clockwise don't really make sense. You need to be looking at the dancer from above or below to assess clockwise/counterclockwise. So in your mind you need to choose a vantage point of above or below the dancer. And something that spins clockwise when looked at from above, spins counterclockwise when looked at from below, and vice versa. When I look at this picture, I see rotation that I would describe as: counterclockwise with respect to an observer above the dancer, clockwise with respect to an observer below the dancer. Are people seeing the opposite of this?