This monastic tradition teaches elegance and the use and empowering of ki through bodily movements. By using dance-like movements, they create powerful effects throughout their body, making them more powerful, at a cost. Often those under the way of the dancer become actual dancers or entertainers, or bodyguards for businesses offering such services, as part of their training requires them to understand and appreciate the art form that is dancing.

Additional Proficiencies

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the performance and acrobatics skills.

Ki Dance

Also when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you learn to dance in such a way as to empower your body and ki. By spending all available ki points you can (minimum of 1, maximum of ¾ your monk level rounded up), you can activate your ki dance, during which, flurry of blows, step of the wind, and patient defense cost 0 ki points and you make acrobatics checks and performance checks to dance with advantage. This lasts for 1 minute or until you lose concentration on it as if you were concentrating on a spell. If the spell ends early, you gain 1 level of exhaustion, and if you dance for the entire duration, you gain 2 levels of exhaustion. You can only use this ability once per long rest.

Elegant Leap

At 6th level, you gain the ability to leap through the battlefield. As a bonus action, you can move up to 10 feet in a straight line in any direction twice. If you attract an attack of opportunity by moving like this, the attack has disadvantage.

Bodily Harmony

Additionally, at 6th level, you make constitution saving throws to concentrate on the ki dance with advantage.

Lithe

At 11th level, your elegance allows you to more easily dodge attacks made by enemies. You gain a +2 to AC.

Grand Finale

At 17th level, your extensive and exhaustive training in the way of the ki dance has improved your fortitude. Whenever you would gain levels of exhaustion that is greater than one from a single source at a time, you can reduce the levels of exhaustion gained by 1. Additionally, while ki dancing, you gain the following benefits:

-You make 3 unarmed strikes instead of 2 when you use Flurry of Blows.

-You cannot lose concentration on the ki dance unless you willingly stop concentrating on it, or you lose consciousness.

-You gain a second bonus action that you cannot use to use Flurry of Blows or Patient Defense.