eagle dance
Native American ritual
A ceremonial dance performed by various Native American peoples, particularly the Pueblo and Plains tribes, in which dancers imitate the movements of eagles.
The dance typically honors the eagle as a sacred messenger between humans and the divine, featuring elaborate feathered regalia and sweeping arm movements mimicking flight: The eagle dance opened the powwow.
- imitationCopy of the original
- kachinaCarved ceremonial spirit figure
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- stepFoot movement forward
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
indigenous · healing ceremonies · ceremony · regalia · ceremonial dress · spiritual · spirit animal · drumming · drum circle · powwow · ritual masks · wing · grace · Hopi · ancestral traditions · shamanism · soaring · shake
eagle dancesocial dance
Partnered recreational movement
disco dancing · line dancing · ballroom dancing · square dance
eagle danceballet
Classical dance on pointe
hip-hop · breakdancing · jazz dance · tap dance · modern dance
eagle, dance, eagles, dances, danced, dancing, dancer, dancers, eaglet