The Prime Badger

The Prime Badger is a sacred group dance originating in The Faded Petticoat. The form guides dancers during improvised performances. The dance is accompanied by The Ascent of Bejewelling as the dancers act out the story of the dwarf deity Meritetar the Inquisitorial Radish. The dancers perform in a single line, moving quickly with the music. This dance is a refined artform, with three special positions and four specific moves to be mastered. The crude dance is punctuated by spirited independent body movement shadowed by group members and aggressive facial expressions.

• The dance begins with the theme of the music. This section is intense.
• The dance enters a new section with the variations on the theme of the music. The dancers perform to the elomamar rhythm. There is a basic movement called the afiddun. There is a series of twelve steps in an intricate pattern with an aborted sway.
• The comthad is one of the fundamental dance positions. There should be a raised arm with an intense hand gesture, a left leg lift and an intense forward bend.
• The tigir is one of the fundamental dance positions. There should be a spirited hand gesture performed in succession by group members with a leg lift.
• The erith is one of the fundamental dance positions. There should be a right leg lift.
• The binmonor is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is an energetic right leg lift shadowed by group members with an undulating hand gesture.
• The gubolil is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a flamboyant clockwise eighth quarter turn.
• The tethan is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a joyous backward bend with large footwork.
• The rilgush is one of the fundamental dance moves. First, there is a left kick with a powerful arm carriage and independent body movement. Then there is a clockwise eighth half turn.

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