sword dance
Armed rhythmic performance
A sword dance is a traditional folk dance incorporating swords or sword-like objects, performed in many cultures worldwide.
Dancers may brandish individual swords, step between blades laid on the ground, or interweave weapons to form patterns.
Some sword dances are martial displays; others are ceremonial or celebratory: The Highland sword dance is performed over crossed swords.
- rhythmic movementPatterned bodily motion
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- ScottishOf that northern kingdom
- Highland flingScottish solo folk dance
- initiation ritesFormal admission procedures
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