The Strapping Apex

The Strapping Apex is a sacred group dance originating in The Portals of Strength. The form guides dancers during improvised performances. The dance is accompanied by The Learned Yells as the dancers act out the story of the dwarf deity The Ivy of Dusk. The dancers perform in several lines. This dance is a refined artform, with fourteen specific moves to be mastered. The debauched vivacious joyous dance is punctuated by twisting independent body movement, body level changes and energetic counterclockwise half turns.

• The udir is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a left kick with a grotesque arm carriage and an elaborate spin.
• The tarmid is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a raised right arm.
• The sakrith is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a grotesque leftward bend with an aggressive spin and vigorous footwork.
• The nural is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a vigorous counterclockwise eighth turn with a fluid leap.
• The bugsud is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a body level change.
• The okag is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a twisting straight walk with a high rightward bend, a low arm carriage and sinuous independent body movement.
• The nazush is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a rightward bend with a proud facial expression mirrored by group members, a right kick shadowed by group members and a raised arm.
• The nashon is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a leftward bend.
• The atrid is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a spin with a lively hand gesture performed in retrograde by group members.
• The enor is one of the fundamental dance moves. First, there is a spirited spin with a straight-lined hand gesture and a raised left arm. Then there is a clockwise eighth half turn with a strong leftward bend. Then there is a sinuous straight walk with independent body movement. Finally, there is an aggressive curved walk.
• The dustik is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is spirited footwork.
• The kogan is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a body level change.
• The ingish is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a sinuous body level change with a jerking raised left arm and a clockwise eighth quarter turn.
• The dudgoth is one of the fundamental dance moves. There is a leap.

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