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@Salome: *Lol* I would like to see the dancer who believes she's a "bad-ass-sword-fighting-machine" You' re right partly it's about dexterity. But the sword is like a symbol for danger. It's supposed to be sharp (well at least the audience thinks so) and if a dancer is good you can almost hear the front row whispering: OMG, she's putting that sharp thing on her waist! It has a certain thrill, with an umbrella it would never work. And guys think that women handling weapons are sexy (The brother of a friend of mine says so quite often and I have seen a place to play paintball where girls are paid to play this in bikinis). I have no idea why this is. Maybe it's the thrill as well. So why aren't we using something different like canes? It would show our skill. But we (this is me included) do want to make the maximum impression we can have on the audience. I don't know what is stronger - my will to persuade everyone I'm a good dancer or to be truely one and serious about changing the world.
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This is just my opinion
But I'd say that, generally, it's probably not physical danger, symbolic or otherwise, that the audience feels watching a dancer balance a sword. But rather the element of suspense that stems from wondering if it will fall or if she/he will pull it off.