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Muriskak

Gurpilak

Sentziloak

Zorrotzak

This involves two backward leaps. The two leaps are performed consecutively and are symmetrical. The dantzari may perform as many pigeon wings as he desires, as long as they are symmetrical and the movements made with one foot are also made with the other. If the dancer begins to perform a pigeon wing with his right foot, he has to begin the second one with the left foot, and vice versa.


Pigeon wings (Started with the right foot)	Pigeon wings (Started with the left foot)

For example, in order to first perform a pigeon wing to the right and then to the left, a txingo is first of all performed with the left foot, the right foot is lifted backwards and held well extended in the air. With his right foot in the air and performing a demi-plié with the left foot, the dancer jumps: he lifts the left foot and hits the right leg with it first below and then on top. The right foot is lowered to the floor and the left foot is held in the air and stretched out fully behind. Immediately after the first leap is completed, the dancer performs a demi-plié with the left foot and jumps: he lifts the right foot and hits the left leg with it first below and then on top. The left foot is lowered to the floor and the right foot is held in the air and stretched out fully behind.

The pigeon wings are performed as follows:

Lifting the right foot and keeping it well extended behind with the tip pointing downwards, [the dantzari] has to hit it with the left foot first below and then on top, as if he were performing a leap, and then only places his right foot on the floor. Stretching out the tip of the left foot, which is held in the air, the dancer positions it behind and hits it with the right foot first below and then on top, as he did with the other foot, and then only places his left foot on the floor. These are two pigeon wings. The dantzari may thus perform as many pigeon wings as he desires, but they are always to be symmetrical, so that he has to do as many with his left foot as his right, so that the audience cannot criticises him for letting his left leg take over.