That was so incredibly weird. As I stared at her thinking that there was no way that she was going any way except clockwise, she suddenly switched. I just couldn't stare any longer to see her switch back again. Then my husband came in and I asked him the direction, he said "clockwise", the opposite of where I was at. After he said it, back to clockwise for me. The brain is a very strange thing.
This is driving me BATTY! I stare at her and she is turning clockwise with her left foot down, and then poof! she is turning counterclockwise with her right foot down. I stare for minutes at a time and she doesn't change, but then I glance away for a second and she changes. The next time, it switches quickly while I'm looking at her. Very weird, indeed!
A dancer turns in the direction of the leg that is raised when doing a pirouette. She does not push off with that leg to spin in the other direction. Right leg is raised...turns to the right. I had to get up and do pirouettes in the living room just now to be sure. I can't see it any other way yet.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spinning_Dancer">It's an optical illusion</a>. Your brain can make it spin in either direction. It took me about 2 minutes to get it to go counterclockwise and then 5 minutes to do it on demand. Maybe that explains why I am a walking contradiction.