he saw first in a beggar's game
her heart was heavy but her eyes were light...
Gypsy
Dancer ~ Beggar’s Game
In the traditional sense a gypsy dancer was part of the
nomad Romani people in the mid 1800’s. They had dark hair and skin and were beautiful.
(no blonde dancers here! Okay, I can fix that.) As it goes Romani people had no
real home and would travel around from place to place, sharing music and
sometime card reading and other psychic things to make ends meet.
The Dancers were the young women who would entice men to
throw coins as they danced around in sometimes, yes, seductive ways. But not
always. Many of the young gypsy dancers didn’t like doing what they were forced
to do. But had to dance and at times do other things for money. The caravan stayed
on the outskirts of various towns where they would set up their camps, and open
their wares to the public.
In my idea for a short story and/or stage dance, Gypsy Dancer, Essie is a beautiful
dancer who is reluctant to do what she is being forced to do. That is dance for
men to gain money. So as you see her, she has a rather sad look about her, yet
she also has that sensual appeal men love. Note: This is no stripper or belly dance
stuff, this is real dance based on the traditional folk lore of the gypsy
lifestyle.
Story Opening: Beggar’s Game
Mid 1800’s
When Jeffery, a young man of
means, chances upon the Gypsy Caravan camping in a clearing on the outer side
of his property he is not happy and intends to tell them they must leave at
once. But then he sees her. And when she begins her Gypsy Dance to the Romani
music being played, he is mesmerized. She is beautiful, enticing. And he can’t
take his eyes from her. In truth he has never wanted to bed a woman as much as
he did her.
As she dances around in a circle she stops
directly in front of him. Her sensual movements and come on looks almost do him
in. But when their eyes meet, he senses something about her. Something not
right about what she is doing. What is it? He feels that she is trying to tell him something. But what?
***
Okay, what will happen
between Essie and Jeffery? She does entice him to bed her for payment of the
gold watch he carries. But what will happen next? Will Jeffery kick the whole bunch
off his property and be done with it? Or will he fall in love with Essie and try to save her from a life
she doesn’t want or deserve? We shall see.
Stay tuned for the
conclusion to Beggar’s Game as it is
written. Probably tomorrow...
Kaye
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