Competitors in the Scottish Lilt, Highland dancing competition, held during the 2024 Tomintoul Highland Games. These friendly Games were held on Saturday 20th July 2024 at Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park, Moray, Scotland. It is believed that the Scottish Lilt is a courting dance, performed by Scottish gentlewomen to show how graceful they could be. It is a combination of the Highland and Ballet forms of dance and for which the dancers wear the Aboyne outfit, the prescribed attire for f

Competitors in the Half Reel of Tulloch Highland Dancing competition heats, held during the 2023 Kenmore Highland Games. These friendly Games are held in early July each year at Kenmore by Loch Tay in beautiful Perthshire, one of the few evening Highland Games in Scotland, and return this year on Wednesday 3rd July 2024. The Reel of Tulloch usually follows a Strathspey, and is one of the few dances where competitors dance with each other (although they are still being marked individually). #high

Local competitors in the Highland Fling Scottish Highland dance heats during the 2022 Ballater Highland Games. These were held at Ballater in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on Thursday 11th August 2022. The Highland Fling is one of the most famous Scottish dances performed at competitions and championships throughout the world. It is said to have been inspired by the sight of a stag jumping around a hillside. The dancers movements; the arms held aloft like antlers, the feet dancing from side t

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A performance of those early steps the Pas De Basque by the youngest dancers during Kenmore Highland Games this week in beautiful Perthshire. | Scotland Online

A Scottish Highland dancing display by young dancers from the Fraser School of dance in Inverness. This is from our archives, when the dancers were taking part in a charity event at Inverness Northern Meeting Park back in April 2017. The piper supporting them was Kevin Reid. #inverness #scottishhighlands #highlanddancing #scottishdance #highlanddancers | Scottish Highlands & Inverness

Bagpipes and some Scottish Highland Dancing Tunes The Tiree Bridal Song - The High Drive - Clumsy Lover When commentator talks about pipers learning to dance this is army pipers where on training they learn to dance as well as play bagpipes or drums. | Duty Piper

Pas de Basques and Highcuts, the first steps in Scottish Highland Dancing by one of the youngest competitors in the Highland dance competitions, held during Drumtochty Highland Games. These were held in the grounds of Drumtochty Castle at Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Saturday 24th June 2023. #scotland #scotlandtravel #Drumtochty #highlandgames #aberdeenshire #highlanddance #highlanddancing #pasdebasques #Scottishdance #scottishtraditions | Scotland Online