{"id":23113,"date":"2014-11-05T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=23113"},"modified":"2014-11-05T22:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:00:15","slug":"daring-sword-dancers-thrill-cardiff-crowds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/05\/daring-sword-dancers-thrill-cardiff-crowds\/","title":{"rendered":"Sword dancers thrill Cardiff crowds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A miners&#8217; sword dance tradition has swashbuckled into Cardiff, with the new dance team creating a buzz in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23309\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 427px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-rapper-Alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23309\" alt=\"Taff rapper Alt Cardiff week 6 culture\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-rapper-Alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture-427x312.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23309\" alt=\"Taff rapper Alt Cardiff week 6 culture\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-rapper-Alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture-427x312.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Taff Rapper perform in the Pen and Wig. Their sashes are green and red to represent the colours of the Welsh Flag<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Taff Rapper sword dancers perform their routines in packed pubs, wowing punters by tumbling and twisting round short swords made of sprung steel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dances were originally created by 19th century miners in the north-east of England who turned their mining tools into swords, and Taff Rapper are planning to wow audiences at the Ruff Ceilidh, Heath Hospital, on 15 January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Founder, Edwin Dyson, 40, said, \u201cI love performing because it\u2019s a little bit dangerous, particularly with somersaults.\u202f<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cTaff Rapper enjoy showing Cardiff\u2019s punters something new &#8211; there\u2019s nothing better than seeing the surprised look on people\u2019s faces when we start, before hearing the applause for a dramatic finish.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23310\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 420px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23310\" alt=\"Taff walk round alt Cardiff week 6 culture\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23310\" alt=\"Taff walk round alt Cardiff week 6 culture\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Taff-walk-round-alt-Cardiff-week-6-culture-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Five people are needed to perform a dance routine, with each person holding a sword \u00a0in either hand, so that the dancers are linked together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Click here to see Taff Rapper in action during a workshop held on October 18 in Albany Road Baptist Church. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/rapperworkshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/rapperworkshop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taff Rapper perform fast and furious sword dances in Cardiff\u2019s pubs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":23324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3961,3962,3963,455,3964,3965,3966,2696,176],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-cecil-sharp","tag-miners","tag-northeast-england","tag-pubs","tag-ruff-ceilidh-heath-hospital","tag-sword-dancing","tag-taff-rapper","tag-tradition","tag-welsh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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