First minute (out of four) :)

[galadhir]

Intro

Each number stands for four beats.

Starting facing away from audience, sword held above head in both hands

1. Sweep down to the count of 4, while turning 90 degrees to left
2. Sweep up to the count of 4, while turning 90 degrees left
3. (Now facing audience) Sweep down to the count of 3 + turn sword point upright with right hand, wrist circles with left hand (there is a twiddly bit in the music here.)

4. Barrel turn x 1
5. Barrel turn x 2
6. Barrel turn x 3 giving yourself time to transfer sword to left of head. (Another twiddly bit)

7. Head sword circles + hip circles x 1
8. Head sword circles + hip circles x 2
9. Head sword circles + hip circles x 3

10. Shave the dancer, left side
11. taqsim pull up front
12. Flat hip figures of eight + BALANCE SWORD ON HEAD

13. Hip drops on right w. armchair arms
14. Hip drops on left w. armchair arms
15. Drop and kick right w. L arms
16. Drop and kick left w. L arms

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Now to get to work on the second minute and also to fret that my sword has not arrived yet. I am using a morris dancing stick to stand in for it in the mean time, which is somehow appropriate.

Comments

[watervole]

What's a barrel turn?

[galadhir]

Probably easiest to show you :)

barrel turns and other things

[mistressofmuses]

Congratulations on the first section being done! :D It sounds cool, though I admittedly do not know all the terminology (though can guess at the majority of it!)

[galadhir]

Thank you! I don't know what I'm doing, but that's quite freeing in a way - at least if I'm getting things wrong I don't know about it!