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Hilt and Point Sword Dancing is a traditional dance form found throughout Europe. While many sword dances have common themes, it is an incredibly diverse genre of dancing. Different countries use unique swords, music, costumes, figures, stories, footwork, and traditions in their sword dancing. On sword-dance.com you will find a range of dances with photos, history, analysis and other resources. It takes its foundations from a year-long Watson Fellowship by Jeremy Carter-Gordon
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Basques in Rocca Grimalda: Cards, Blending Cultures, and a Sword Dance Museum!

March 7, 2012
by starofswords
Basque Country, Blog, Italy

At 6:30 Kezka all piled into a big bus with supplies of snacks, games and pillows, ready for the 17 hour journey to Rocca Grimalda, Italy….

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Talking about the Watson Fellowship and Teaching Rapper Dancing

February 10, 2012
by starofswords
Basque Country, Blog

I had a few days of relative calm after the carnival in Eibar in which I got to go to a few more practices with…

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Guns, Garrotes, Swords, and Firewater: Sword Dancing at the Fiesta de San Sebastian

February 1, 2012
by starofswords
Blog, Spain

I awoke in a panic to hear music playing in the street outside, “Damn, the sword dancing must have started already!” I grabbed my gear…

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Sword Dancing Around the Bonfire: First Day in Villanueva De Los Cruces

Sword Dancing Around the Bonfire: First Day in Villanueva De Los Cruces

January 30, 2012
by starofswords
Blog, Spain

The story really continues in the small town of Villanueva de los Cruces on the 2oth of January, during the festival of San Sebastian where…

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Sword Dancing in England: The Readers Digest Version

Sword Dancing in England: The Readers Digest Version

January 25, 2012
by starofswords
Blog, England

Ok, I’m months behind, but it’s been busy! I’m going to just do a summary of my England Sword Dancing Adventures! and then move on…

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Adio, Euskadi! My Last Basque Sword Dance

November 12, 2011
by starofswords
Basque Country, Blog

There was one last sword dance in Basque Country that took place in the fall, and it felt like something of a homecoming for me….

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Rapper Ezpata-Dantza: Teaching Rapper Sword Dance in Basque Country

November 10, 2011
by starofswords
Basque Country, Blog

This was a day that I had been waiting for for a while: the rapper dance workshop! My rapper swords that I my mother had…

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Teaching Morris, Late-night Singing, and Raising a Giant Tree. Plus Two More Sword Dances!

November 9, 2011
by starofswords
Basque Country, Blog

I managed to navigate talking on the phone in Spanish sufficiently to call a taxi to take me to the bus station and after some…

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Chain Sword Dancing in Marin! Also, Sevilla was splendid, but Travel was Terrible!

Chain Sword Dancing in Marin! Also, Sevilla was splendid, but Travel was Terrible!

October 29, 2011
by starofswords
Blog, Spain

Time to travel halfway across Spain to see some sword dancing! My plan for the day was an ambitious one; I would bus to Huelva…

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Oviedo y Pueblo de Guzman: Wonderful Hosts and Sword Dancing from Afar

October 26, 2011
by starofswords
Blog, Spain

Ok, I’m just going to zip on through here! I went to Oviedo and met up with the leader of the dance group, who was…

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