What does “Counter promenade position” mean?
In ballroom dances, the dance couple moves (or intends to move) sidewise to the leader's right while the bodies form a V-shape, with leader's left and follower's right sides are closer than the leader's right and follower's left. In other dances, there are other definitions.
Definition adapted from Glossary of partner dance terms on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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