Nhảy Sạp (Vietnamese Bamboo Pole Dance)

Two people kneel on either side holding a pair of poles flat on the ground.

On a steady beat, the pole-holders slide the poles together and then apart in a repeated open-close rhythm.

A dancer steps into the gap between the poles and must hop out again before they clap shut.

As confidence grows, dancers add spins, crossed steps, or move through several pole pairs set in a row.

Musicians or clapping bystanders keep the tempo steady, sometimes speeding it up to raise the challenge.

A dancer whose foot gets caught between closing poles steps aside and lets the next dancer take a turn.