Highland Reel Scottish Dance competition during ther 2019 Oldmeldrum Sports & Highland Games

A Highland Reel dance competition during the 2019 Oldmeldrum Sports & Highland Games in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A Strathspey is performed by four dancers, initially beginning in a line, and dancing a ‘figure of eight’ to a suitable strathspey tune, then a quicker Highland Reel (using the same formation) follows the Strathspey.

[@cheersmarissa]

I’m an Irish dancer and I want to try Scottish dancing. The arms up look very difficult and tiring. Beautiful dance. I appreciate it. Great job, dancers👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@aiylah7723]

I used to do it it is actually easy just need good stamina

[@sushigoose_]

As a former irish dancing who's currently learning it, it's great. There's a lot of similarities which is great but can be a bit confusing. I personally think it requires more stamina than soft shoe dancing but it's really fun

[@GraysonReith]

Ikr!!! I’m an Irish dancer but I’m Scottish! I think the arm thing will be okay if you do ceili dancing a lot, and we already have the shoes!!!

[@mosmith9187]

I learned the reason the Irish dancing has arms down and stiff close to body is during the British invasion centuries ago , did not allow immersion of Irish culture hence Irish dancing was banned yet the Irish continued to dance with arm by side so British soldiers from distance only saw jumping people up and down.

[@glasgowbrian1469]

I thought there was a historical military connection - dancing used for athletic training. Regarding old time Scottish step dancing (Sean nòs in Ireland), it’s competitions that have formalised modern styles. I blame judges for trying to removing free style, but it lives on!

[@MegaJacko4]

I've done both Irish and Highland dancing and I can guarantee you Highland Dancing is by far the hardest. It looks easy because it's slower but you think of the amount of balance amd strength you need when your jumping like an antilope in circles with your arms kept high in the air and your back completely stiff all while maintaining the absolute grace of a pure bred mute swan. Its hard..... its really flipping HARD!!! 😭😭😭😭

[@xenofunk1]

Aye, but it makes a strong lass!

[@abigail-.equestrian2574]

As a former premier highland dancer, yes! It’s very hard, we need a lot of strength, muscle!

[@mayanlogos92]

Wow as someone who never heard or seen what highland dance is before I really amazed. It looks like ballet n irish dance combined and ith is twice as complicated. Lovely performance

[@brucecollins641]

@mayanlogos92....this dance was around before irish dance which was adopted from scotland by the irish in the late 1800s.

[@frongyy]

They make it look so easy! But as a dancer myself I can tell you IT IS NOT EASY

[@bluehydrangea5506]

When your instructor screams "and shed and shed and toe and heel and toe and heel" and you have a panic attack...

[@frongyy]

@@bluehydrangea5506 so true 😂

[@frongyy]

@@bluehydrangea5506 and then they scream "AGAIN" 😂

[@MsZoedog66]

Especially not holding your arms up in the air whilst doing it

[@MsZoedog66]

@see ya I know someone as an 8 year old who got a black belt in Taekwondo. They had to break through pieces of water-soaked wood. The way they practiced for that was by punching walls! 💗🌵

[@user-dw3wp1oc9e]

I learned as a very young child. Love to watch now and recall at 80.

[@flora9661]

Excellent girls. I have done this years ago. You sure have to have good lungs to do this.

[@DPS1194]

I must admit; this is the most elegant Scottish highland dance I have ever seen. It almost reminded me of the dance Felicié did from the movie "Ballerina".

[@blueblaze9862]

Looks a tad rigid

[@paulheart320]

In Norse lands and the bask regions this dance was seen, imagine coming from a frozen land and then to see Scotland in the mist.

[@Peggyanns]

This stirs up my Scottish Soul.

[@poppymorrison5511]

rt

[@MajorLooser]

My older sister did highland dancing for 12 years. (and then broke her foot but oops!) So for most of my life i did highland dancing too. i did it for 6 years. it was not my favorite but. i do really like the bagpipes. and haggis. idk why more americans dont like it. its so good! 😋

[@tracybuchinger1318]

I do Highland I am beginner I am 8 I am doing competitions I get gold and I love Highland my big sis is in the red

[@richardbroderick6904]

You're lucky, and will be as great as your sis!

[@tracybuchinger1318]

Thank you so much ♥️♥️♥️❤️❤️❤️

[@caitlinmcbain4288]

I do highland dancing too! I hope to see you one day at cowal! ❤️

[@tonytygrrHI]

Splendid! Saw Scottish Reel Dancing mentioned on Downton Abbey. And my YT search brought me here!👏👏👏

[@robindaugin2976]

Same

[@vikingcelta535]

3er cometario, son magníficas y hermosas al igual que la música, saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾 gracias

[@michaelbyrne8860]

I pulled a hammy watching! Great Dancing!

[@marthapimentel2815]

Beautiful!

[@charlottewilsonrandom9710]

I do this dancing and it is not easy at all i cant even do as good as these girls can

[@itsfern2103]

Amazing!!!!

[@deirdredoyle637]

Beautiful to watch! It’s like a mix of ballet and Irish dancing.

[@brucecollins4729]

dierdre doyle...it,s a mix of nothing. it,s highland dance which precedes irish dance by at least a couple o hundred years and probably ballet. you might want to look up the irish dance steps borrowed from ballet.

[@lhasawarabsel5384]

Mesmerizing ❤️

[@alencito1000]

Mola mucho esta danza 👌

[@elgingottowik1841]

Their legs and feet must be very sore at the end.

[@darlenevm]

Lovely dancing!

[@davidpeel9646]

I love Scotland

[@twuanan.thomas1208]

I love those outfits. Fly! 💸 🕊️😍

[@kittypeanut4102]

¡Me encanta!

[@karenrhjackson1331]

AWESOME ❤❤❤

[@user-jq5nw8vp1b]

At first I thought only the men does this dance.. cool!

[@Ajax_Drawz]

I am a highland dancer and in novice

[@user-fk7uj6tu3p]

Ух ты! Очень здорово!😲

[@websitesthatneedanem]

Maybe I should take up dance.... are there RSJs under that platform?

[@ameliamorgan-hastie9193]

this is my jam

[@johnsdao3917]

Great thanks 😂❤

[@heatherrhodes1334]

My Nana is from Edinburgh Scotland. I have cousins that live in Scotland. She used to call me her" wee Heather Lol.

[@Car_does_stuff]

SAME OML

[@Car_does_stuff]

My nana was also Scottish but sadly she died I miss her so much

[@naiyahreese7595]

This looks ridiculously difficult But it's cool to watch.

[@kalijake6095]

When you get down to the details and the break his dance down it’s not very hard, but it took me about a month to get the weaving correct 😂

[@DrCrabfingers]

Amazing...guess you need some real spring in your tendons to do this...someone said the arms raised are representing the antlers of the mighty red deer....

[@DrCrabfingers]

I find this dancing incredibly sexy....!!

[@johnstephenson01]

Excellent! I certainly couldn't do it. Now I know why you don't see many overweight Highland dancers!

[@tobysmith3674]

You don't see too many overweight dancers of any dance style.

[@raekell]

I can't remember the name of the step... but do they no longer link arms and spin in a circle?! I always remember 95% of the other dancers attempting to fling me off of the stage during those parts.

[@BraemarMedia]

Maybe that's why they didn't do it?!

[@liba]

I was wondering that, too. I learned it with the arm linking, but that was 20 years ago...lol.

[@raekell]

@@liba SAME here. Haha

[@kathrynscarlett6048]

we still dance the version with linked arms! (though not in covid times hahaha) that would be the “reel of tulloch”, and this version in the video is the “highland reel” :) the version we do usually depends on the year’s assigned championship steps!

[@raekell]

@@kathrynscarlett6048 thanks! I forgot there's more than one reel! Haha.

[@MrBrentgoodall]

Solid piper

[@jukahman]

Wow🎉

[@abigail-.equestrian2574]

I’m a highland dancer and in premier😊

[@josh4844]

Cool

[@aulutas8375]

Bu çok güzel 👏👏👏👍🇹🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇹🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sevgiler İSKOÇYA

[@badrdakkar4264]

Can someone tell me what these movements stands for?

[@daniellekail9911]

A buck running through the forrest, is what I heard.

[@badrdakkar4264]

@@daniellekail9911 thanks 🙏

[@RustyTomato]

Anyone have the name to the song being played? My art final is about highland fling and part of it includes having to collect songs of that genre and I am STRUGGLING to find any titles:')

[@mandyversteeg1710]

The song is called Cullen Bay

[@ChrisZ70]

The first tune is a 2-parted strathspey called "Molly Connell", composed by James Wark. The second tune, which starts at 1:21, is a reel called "Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay".

[@RustyTomato]

@@ChrisZ70 thank you so much!

[@ChrisZ70]

@@RustyTomato You're welcome. More commonly heard for this genre are "Devil in the Kitchen" or "Marquis of Huntley's Highland Fling". There is an article that may help you, which lists many more tunes. Look up *Bagpipe News Piping for Dancing Part 1* and see the article by Donald MacPhee. A quote from it: The Highland Fling is the most popular of all the Scottish highland dances. The type of tune that is played for the Highland Fling is the strathspey. The introduction is a four bar or 16 count intro and each step is equivalent to a part of music (eight bars or 32 beats). Dancers dance either a four step Highland Fling or six step Highland Fling. The tempo for the ’Fling is recommended at between 112-124bpm. As stated the tune type is the strathspey and the more popular or easily recognisable tunes for this dance for the dancer would be The Marquis of Huntly’s Highland Fling, Orange and Blue, and Devil in the Kitchen. Possible introductions for the Fling would be playing the last four bars of the first part or the second part and then playing the tune as written, keeping in mind as stated earlier eight bars or one part of music equals one step, so for a four step fling you would play a four bar intro and then four parts of a strathspey (two two-parted strathspeys) or for the six step Fling you would play a four bar intro and six parts of a strathspey.

[@RustyTomato]

@@ChrisZ70 super useful! I'll keep that in mind

[@chuckyjules8488]

Why was the green one left out?

[@Thomas63r2]

A Reel dance is four dancers. She was probably in the next group of four dancers.

[@sorrycharlie5773]

Strong legs on em..❤

[@ol5868]

Bruh I can’t

[@DwarvenWarriorz]

VIDEO #1 of Dances from other cultures!

[@waimarino6577]

Dancing

[@Annie1962]

Green girl the best

[@manukarp]

Parecen cangrejitos, qué gracia.

[@georgeschmitt4977]

I donno the scottish standard. It is marvelous to me.

[@YugenOnLine]

😍😁

[@lupedavila17]

HOW COME IS NVER A LAD SKIRT WOMEN?😢😮😅😊😂😢😮

[@HansiAhmetSackner]

Thks most pepry dance

[@psmith26russell]

Show of

[@invokerkael5333]

Клёво)

[@FeanaroNoldoran]

Ooft the piper fucked up in the reel

[@peterfromgw4615]

He/she sure did!

[@moonshine3657]

i didnt know the irish dance in scotland

[@mairiconnell6282]

Dance has nonational borders.

[@brucecollins641]

@moonshine3657.......this is scottish which predates irish dance (which was adopted from scottish stepdance in the late 1800s) by a few 100 years.

[@kittybrown1602]

I'm going to find you

[@kittybrown1602]

@gormlesshun AYYYY

[@mairiconnell6282]

@@kittybrown1602 Yes

[@mairiconnell6282]

The girl in the glasses got that one. Ladies more work on stamina and your core. Get to ballet lessons if you are not already doing so. Or get running, They were all running out of puff and the end.

[@kittybrown1602]

Like you would know mair

[@mairiconnell6282]

@@kittybrown1602 I do know with thanks. Danced at a High Level for many years. If you are going to insult me spell my name correctly.

[@kittybrown1602]

@@mairiconnell6282 Erm what the flip bro

[@mollysmith222]

🤣🤣ok hen

[@mairiconnell6282]

@@kittybrown1602 I was a National Champion.

[@stickmen5881]

goofy ahh ☠️

[@stickmen5881]

scots dont get mad at me im scottish too

[@highlanddancer3386]

clearly you have no idea how much strength and dedication this takes so shush

[@scythianking7315]

Maybe you've just been brainwashed into thinking everything from your own Culture is "goofy"

[@kittybrown1602]

@@stickmen5881 Lol

[@autocorrectedflan3010]

This is rlly rude and disrespectful to my friend she actually OWNS highland dancing and is the creator

[@jacobtraynor993]

sure

[@theoceanskyesystem9463]

Highland dancing was invented in the 11 or 12th century, I'm pretty sure they would be dead.

[@balianimator]

@@theoceanskyesystem9463 Lies and deceit her friend amde it

[@theoceanskyesystem9463]

@@balianimator, believe what you want, I'm just saying

[@katherinegarlock2249]

Your friend owns and created something that has existed for 200 years and is practiced internationally? I don't think so.

[@user-cp6nc8zt6p]

В европейские игры пусть Бах этот танец включает вместо гимнастики, например. А там и в олимпиаду - чего уж! - мировое спортивное достояние английской колонии. 😂

[@faust666666666]

Какое отношение традиционные народные танцы имеют к олимпиаде? Ты бы хоть красный нос надевал, прежде чем такое писать.

[@gamecool_origin1.073]

Gezwungen sich diesen quatsch anzuschauen!

[@cassius092]

Forced ? Who's forcing you 😂😂

[@terminator3199]

They dance like goats ...

[@caitlinmcbain4288]

Wow so mature 😐😑

[@cmcc3721]

In the middle east they sh... goats.

[@stephan.witzel.1973]

It's better without panties. Tradition

[@EnchantedTooWell]

creep

[@guyincognito9698]

You should be on a watch list.

[@stephan.witzel.1973]

@@guyincognito9698 actually, I am.

[@nailahdawkins]

_Reported_

[@stephan.witzel.1973]

@@nailahdawkins pathetic

[@user-jq5nw8vp1b]

At first I thought only the men does this dance.. cool!