11. Sword fencing and sword dances are still practiced in much of the Middle East. 12. Sword Dance , a son of Nijinski, raced in Europe.13. In the Tang Dynasty, descriptions of sword dances were immortalized in poems by Li Bai. 14. It is one of the many proud traditional sword dances that are performed on the island. 15. The future of DERT and rapper sword dancing is also catered for, with a competition called DERTy. 16. This play is sometimes found associated with a sword dance though both also exist in Britain independently. 17. Among Yorkshire's unique traditions is the Long Sword dance , a traditional dance not found elsewhere in England. 18. An important concentration of traditional sword dances can be found on the Italian side of the western Alps. 19. For instance, doing an early-20th-century-style Sword Dance in a competition today would get a dancer disqualified nearly immediately. 20. Originally, all dances performed in military units such as Mugo and sword dance were called dance of victory.