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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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Horsefly Dances and Castanets: Last (of the first) Days in Eibar

Horsefly Dances and Castanets: Last (of the first) Days in Eibar

October 8, 2011
by starofswords
Basque Country, Blog

I had gotten pretty comfortable in Eibar, which was lovely, but I only had a few more days to enjoy it. I set to work…

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