Dance of Six Thongs - six lengths of binding fibers, like slave snares, at each wrist and ankle and two about the waist. Men hold the ends of the slave fibers. The slave dances as if she does not realize she is bound. Hands and feet are bound at the end.
general - there are hate dances, rebellion dances, display dances, need dances, love and submission dances. They conclude, inevitably, with the ultimate surrender of a girl to her master as a love slave.
Love Dance of the Newly Collared Slave Girl - has many variations but the common theme is that the girl dances her joy that she will soon lie in the arms of a strong master.
Oar Dance - not a dance at all but an athletic feat. The Free Person leaps from moving oar to moving oar, proceeding from the oars nearest the stem on the port side to the stern, then leaping back onto the deck at the stern quarter and leaping again on the oars this time on the starboard side, and proceeding from the oar nearest the stern to that nearest the stem and then back onto the ship. done by the men of the North.
Chain Dance - various types. One is oval and a collar. The chain fastens at the sides of the top of the oval, where there are two wrist rings. Oval is pulled inward and wrists and ankle rings fastened on slave. Throat is locked in dancing collar, which has under the chin an open snap ring. With left hand the oval is gathered together so the two strands of chain lie in the palm of the left hand, whence lifted they are placed inside snap ring. Snap ring snaps shut and is locked. Two strands of chain flow freely in snap ring. Yard of chain across from wrist to wrist, and 18 inches between ankles.
Tile Dance - commonly performed on red tiles, usually beneath the slave ring of the master's couch. Girl performs dance on her back, stomach and sides. Usually neck is chained to the slave ring. Dance signifies the restlessness, misery, of a love-starved girl. Premise of the dance is that a girl moves in her need as if she is completely aone. Supposedly the master surprises her and she attempts to suppress the torment of her needs. Failing this, she surrenders her pride in final shred, and writhes openly before Master, begging him to touch her.
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