The Bit: Thresher
Four dancers enter carrying folding chairs and place them in a line about 5 feet apart. They look at a point up and to the left. Each of them salutes one of the four salutes of the cub scouts, the military and the pledge of allegiance, as well as a gesture of holding the index finger to the side of the nose and raising an eyebrow in a take to the audience which is my choice that indicates a salute of some secret society. After a three count the four sit in unison then proceed to slide out of their chairs like bored children. When their heads reach the edge of the chair they reach up and flip the folding chair over them selves and stand behind the chair. Each cycle of this action covers about five feet of ground and the actions of look, salute, sit, slide, flip, and stand is repeated until the four of them have reached the other side of the stage.
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The Media: “calisthenic crops”
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