How to Do Moves for a Traditional Ribbon Dance

Have your friends stand behind you in a completely straight line.

Have a ribbon in both hands

Move both hands upwards at the same time and speed

When you get to when your arms form a straight line, then the person behind you should start moving their hands up.

Continue until you have run out of people.

Once you have gone up and then came down again, do not go up again unless you are going for a multiple wave effect.

Once you get to the end of the line, you can start from the back and do the same thing.

Starting at the back will require some more coordination to look good.

Using the tip of the ribbon stick draw a circle above your head

Make the circle nice and big so you do not get wrapped in it

If you want, spin at the same time to make it look cooler

This may be used to pass time when other people may be dancing.

Try this without ribbons first.

Flip arms up and down.

When your hands are facing upwards, move them away from each other.

When they are far enough apart (about a foot)

Flip hands downwards and move them towards each other.

Now try this movement with your hands in a fist and your thumb pointing up like if you were doing a "thumbs up" but have your thumbs as attached as you can to the rest of your hands.

Once you can get that, try the ribbons.

This one is fairly simple.

Hold the ribbons in both hands.

Have arms form a straight line to each other.

Spin while moving arms up and down.

Hold ribbons in both hands.

Move arms as if you were doing a backstroke in the swimming pool.

Slowly bend backwards.

Put one of your legs farther back to go even farther down.