Sabre Dance

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This article is about the dance involving swords; for the uncontrollable upward movement of the F-86 Sabre: see Sabre dance

The Sabre Dance is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane, completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in a Kurdish dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres (swords). Due to its exceptionally exciting rhythm, the Sabre Dance established a place for itself in common concert practice, leading also to various adaptations in popular music.

Plate spinners and other human tricks innovators highly contributed to the movement's popularization, notably The Ed Sullivan Show, wherein it was played while plate spinners performed their act. The Sabre Dance was also covered by performers such as jazz player Woody Herman and rock and roll musician Dave Edmunds.

In recent times, the music was featured in an episode of "The Simpsons" as Bart uses Grandpa Simpson's dentures to swing around on a ceiling fan. The Masturbating Bear from Late Night with Conan O'Brien pleasures himself to this music. The theme is also regularly played at Buffalo Sabres hockey games.he:מחול החרבות