Leaping Dancer

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The **Leaping Dancer** is a Seasonal Spirit from the Season of Gratitude who offers the  Leap Expression. The Leaping Dancer is found behind a two-player door on the right side of the Valley's Ice Rink. The collectibles offered by this Spirit are a  Small Bell and a  Mask.

## Memory

The Leaping Dancer can be found in the small room behind the two-player door in Valley's Ice Rink. This door is at the bottom of a slope, to the right of the tunnel with Troupe Juggler. This spirit is a collection memory with 21 memory fragments, with an overall time limit of about 1 minute and 50 seconds.

Unlike other collection memory spirits, the Leaping Dancer does not have any memory fragments featuring some sort of story. As you relive the spirit's memory, you must quickly skate around the center ice rink to gather the star-shaped fragments before time runs out.

At the end of the memory, the Leaping Dancer can be seen in the room beyond the two-player door. The Leaping Dancer springs up into the air, landing on both feet with their arms stretched out.

## Expression

This Spirit offers the  Leap Expression (officially called **Joy**) and has 4 Levels.

Leap Level 1Leap Level 2Leap Level 3Leap Level 4
* Level 1 will make your avatar jump high up off the ground before landing on both feet, arms outstretched, while a whistling sound effect plays.
* Level 2 makes the same motion as Level 1, with a trail of light particles following the movement of your feet.
* Level 3 will make your avatar jump up, complete a somersault mid-air, and land on the ground in the same pose as seen in Levels 1 and 2. A similar whistling sound effect plays, but an extra riff is added during the somersault.
* Level 4 makes the same motion as Level 3, with a trail of light particles following the movement of your feet.

It is possible to leap over a crab while it is charging at you, as the character's hitbox will move along with the expression movement.

As a Traveling Spirit, the prices of the three Expression upgrades were the standard 4 , 3 , and 6 . During the Season, Levels 2 and 4 were free, but were only available to Season Pass holders.

## Cosmetics

### Instrument

The instrument offered by the Leaping Dancer is the **Small Bell**, costing 40  from the traveling spirit. During the season, it was available to all players from the friendship tree's second node (10 ). Most of its characteristics are similar to the  Large Bell. The player is standing up while playing and clanging on the bell with large arm movements.

The bell plays the percussion part on music sheets. As with all percussion instruments, it only has 8 notes. These notes are a subset (CDGA in C major) of one octave: i.e., the first row notes are C4, D4, G4, and A4 (from left to right); the second row notes have the same pitches (C4, D4, G4, and A4) but a different timbre. These are a subset of the standard Piano's lower octave. The notes shift based upon the current key, as with all instruments, so more generally the bell's notes correspond to notes 8, 9, 12, and 13 of the Piano. However, to add one extra complication, keys G, A♭, A, B♭ or B are shifted down by one octave -- i.e., in those keys the bell's notes are notes 1, 2, 5, and 6 in the piano's lower octave.

Note that when playing with other instruments, other players' notes (the purple notes) are shown based on location, not pitch. So in C major, if a piano plays G4 (its 5th note), the note that turns purple for the bell is its 5th note, which is C4 instead of G4.

In Harmony Hall, the Small Bell can be found in the left-hand room, in a corner with the other percussion instruments.

### Mask

The mask offered by this spirit is a fox mask, costing 54  from the traveling spirit. During the season, it was an SP-exclusive item available after unlocking the friendship tree's fifth node (40  total).

## Traveling Spirit

This was the Spirit's Friendship Tree the last time they returned as a Traveling Spirit. These collectibles will not be available for purchase again until the next time this Spirit returns.

All dates when this Spirit has returned as a Traveling Spirit are:

* March 18, 2021 (#31)
* June 25, 2020 (#12)

All dates when this Spirit has visited as a Returning Spirit are:

* July 3, 2023 (SV#3)

### Hints

No hints were given before the **Leaping Dancer**'s first appearance.

The hints given before the **Leaping Dancer**'s second appearance were:

* Is wishing you a happy bday!
* Is a fan of cheese and crackers
* [ktjn] Cannot wait to meet you/see you again

## Season Friendship Tree

This Friendship Tree provides the collectibles sold by this Seasonal Spirit during the Season of Gratitude. This Tree can no longer be accessed. However, the items listed here will be available for purchase when the Spirit returns as a Traveling Spirit.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 This item can only be obtained if you have purchased the Season Pass for this Season.