Once Removed Definition
The Callerlab Definition:
| The four dancers who are once removed from each other do the call with each other, usually ending back on the same 4 spots. |
e.g., Once Removed Walk and Dodge: |
| When the call changes the shape of the formation (e.g. "Once Removed Ah So"), the two resulting formations are interleaved with each other the same way the original formations were. For example, Once Removed Ah So: |
This explanation is not clear and is not inclusive of many of the possibilities for using this concept. Some believe that those dancing Once Removed work only within their own Once Removed group. This is only true for relatively simple calls like Once Removed Walk and Dodge or Once Removed Star Thru. Many other Once Removed calls are substantially more difficult and involved. This is demonstrated in the examples.
| Once Removedness is established by finding the axis of the current formation, noting where the dancers are positioned and then establishing theoretical planes which are perpendicular to the formation axis and which pass through the dancers' positions. The dancers in every other plane are Once Removed from each other. |
Isn't that a mouthful?
The following example shows the planes that would be established for Once Removed Lines, Waves or columns.