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partners change places in the middle of each song — a pattern which 

 extends to several other social dances and a few rituals. All sacred 

 dances proceed single file. A few social dances pair into double file. 

 Straight lines are peculiar to Eagle, Striking-the-stick, and the now 

 obsolete Devil Dance. False Faces, Husk Faces, and War 

 dancers generally perform solo, even when in an organized aggregate; 

 but the Doorkeeper's Round involves the community. 



The choreographic figures are arranged according to participation 

 of the sexes, and also in order of complexity. The various ground 

 plans include the following dances. (See figs. 1 1-18, pp. 89-96.) 



Rounds: 



One sex (fig. 11): 



(o) Men, sideward, yeidos round. 



(6) The beginning of all stomp dances, and the first dance of 



Raccoon Dance (song 2), forward. 

 (c) Women, sideward. Dark Dance, Quavering, Changing-a-rib. 

 {d) Women, obliquely forward; ohgiwe Death Feast, towisas. 

 Sexes segregated (fig. 12): 



(a, 6) Sideward, facing center, Buffalo, Robin. 

 ic) Forward, Bear and Shake-the-pumpkin. 



((/) Men forward, women sideward, False Face round, Feather, 

 Drum. 

 Sexes alternate (fig. 13): 



{a, b,) Forward, all social Stomp-type dances. Corn, Hand-in- 

 hand. Fishing; part A of ga'daso-t and Garters. 



(c) Sideward, part B of ga'daso-t and Garters. 



(d) Crossover between couples, C of Garters. 



Paired, double file, pairs of men alternating with pairs of women 

 (fig. 14): 



(a) Steadily forward. Pigeon. 



(b) Women backward, men forward, all progressing against the 



sun. Duck part B and Shaking-a-bush B. Two pairs 

 coupled. 



(c) and (d), Coupled pairs exchange places, Duck A, C, D, Shake- 



Bush recapitulation of A. Duck: men always forward 

 against the sun, women forward with the sun, under 

 bridges of men's arms, passing one, two or three pairs of 

 men. Shaking-a-bush: first song women forward with the 

 sun, men against the sun, second song when men in the 

 lead, men with the sun, women against the sun. 

 Side Twist, Double Stomp (fig. 15): 



(a) Sideward, facing center, Women's Shuffle Dance or eskanye. 

 Stick figure typical of posture. 



