Sand Plankton are generated out of Sandworms or from traces of melange produced from their destruction

Polka around the room as an individual (freestyle) [16 beats]

Sand Plankton develop into Sandtrout

Find a new partner (anyone nearby) and continue to polka around the room [16 beats]. If water markers are on the dance floor, slowly gravitate to the nearest one

The Sandtrout are attracted to small pockets of water in the dunes, encapsulating this to form “living cisterns”.

Form circles with couples near you (around the water marker if applicable, no strict number, though more than 2 couples is the ideal). Circle to the left and right for 8 beats each.

Sandtrout excrete metabolic waste to the water, fermentation of which leads to the “pre-spice mass” along with gases which leads to the characteristic “spice blow” explosions distributing the pre-spice mass

Take two steps into the circle and stamp three times. Take two steps out the circle and clap three times [8 beats]. Repeat [8 beats].

Few Sandtrout survive this stage, but those that do enter a semi-dormant cyst-hibernation, emerging 6 years later as a small Sand Worm

Put right hands in the middle of the circle holding the hand of a person opposite you. Circle to the left for 8 beats. Don’t put your left hand in! Keep hold of the hand of a person opposite you, and slowly pull out your new partner (starting with the couple with hands on the bottom of pile) [8 beats]

These Sand Worms grow, starting from around 3 meters…….with a few reaching full maturity to a Giant Sandworm

6) With your new partner, form a line-set, standing opposite your partners. First couple released from step 5 can promenade to be first couple in this line. You have plenty of time [16 beats], so feel free to free style/spin partners.

7) In lines, two steps forward (advance) and stamp three times, and retreat two steps and clap three times [8 beats]. Repeat [8 beats]

To these Giant Sandworm, water is poisonous and their death leads to the production of the narcotic “Water of Life”. After reaching a certain size, it is either this which nourishes the Sand Plankton, or the beast itself splits into small sand plankton.

 The Sandworm’s (and Spice) Life Cycle is repeated again

Finally, all couples save the bottom couple make arches. The bottom couple go through all the arches to be “shed” out, letting go of hands to become individuals. Repeat with the next bottom couple until everyone is free and polka-ing around the room [16 beats]

Repeat the dance. For the final time, call “Maud’dib!“, and everyone forms one large circle, leading the largest Sand Worm to finish!