The Cardinal Songs

The Cardinal Songs is a group performance dance originating in The Fortunate Confederacy. The form guides dancers during improvised performances. The dance is accompanied by any composition of The Lyrics of Style. The dancers perform loosely mingled. This dance is a refined artform, with four special positions to be mastered. The subtle dance is punctuated by leaps.

• The dance begins with the introduction of the music. The dancers perform quickly to the osp rhythm. This section is sluggish.
• The dance enters a new section with the theme of the music. The dancers perform slower and slower to the nek rhythm. This section is punctuated by expressive independent body movement and right leg lifts.
• The dance enters a new section with the variations on the theme of the music. The dancers perform quickly with the music. This section is sinuous.
• The hiner is one of the fundamental dance positions. There should be a leftward bend.
• The ohe is one of the fundamental dance positions. There should be a raised arm.
• The nazweng is one of the fundamental dance positions. There should be a raised left arm with a refined hand gesture.
• The tod is one of the fundamental dance positions. There should be an undulating backward bend shadowed by group members.

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