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== Through & Throw ==

The figure starts in a circle:

      4
  2       6
  
  1       5
      3

Bars 1-2:  The "first triangle" (dancers #1, #4 and #5) dance //clockwise// to the next first-triangle position, with all three dancers clashing with each other in the center on the second half of bar #1 as they pass through.  Meanwhile, the "second triangle" (dancers #2, #3 and #6) toss counter-clockwise (also on the second half of bar #1) around their triangle.

Bars 3-4:  Repeat, with first triangle tossing and second triangle dancing through.

Repeat.

At the end of the figure, the set has now rotated into the following configuration:

      5
  6       3
  
  4       1
      2

All dancers have shifted one position counterclockwise within their own triangle.  (Alternatively, you can think of it as the entire set of six having rotated two positions counterclockwise.)