sword dance

noun

any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.

sword dance

a dance in which the performers dance nimbly over swords on the ground or brandish them in the air

First recorded in 1595–1605

She lifted two of the swords from the wall, crossed them on the floor and danced the sword dance of Scotland.

It is said that when Cruikshank was eighty-three, he executed a sword-dance before an old officer who had mentally buried him.

They work in pairs, each pair doing a sort of sword-dance, and making Saint Andrew's Crosses along the line.

Round and round that holocaust the thousands did their sword-dance, yelling as the devils yelled at Khinjan's birth.

I have copied the "Grand Sword Dance" in its proper place for the benefit of those who can interpret it.

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