Scottish Step Dancing

Happy St. Andrew’s Day to everyone celebrating! A new dance for the occasion - devised by Sergey Alferov to follow an upbeat set of tunes by Graeme Mackay (The Ceilidh Cabin). A great way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Shady Glen dancers as well! 🎂✨🎉🎊💫

Shady Glen Jig: a Scottish step dance A solo Scottish step dance devised by Sergey Alferov to a tune composed and recorded especially for Shady Glen dancers (Moscow) by a f virtuoso Graeme Mackay...

An intricate Scottish step dance "King of Sweden" performed by Valentina Burtseva is now on Youtube! Valentina's background in classical ballet, Highland and Scottish step dancing helps create an elegant and captivating rendition of this traditional dance ✨✨✨✨✨

King of Sweden, a Scottish soft-shoe step dance Valentina Burtseva (UKA Fellow) is dancing The King of Sweden, an elegant traditional Scottish soft-shoe step dance. The music is Keith Smith's and Muriel Jo...

Happy to share a new rendition of Ron Wallace's 'Leaving Port Askaig' ❤️ by Sergey Alferov.
An excellent video-tutorial for this dance is available for purchase on Ron's new website: https://a-scot-in-time.org/tutorial-videos/ 🎉🎉🎉

https://youtu.be/OGEARyuM1Eo

Leaving Port Askaig, a Scottish solo step dance Sergey Alferov (UKA Fellow) could not resist the temptation to dance Ron Wallace's Leaving Port Askaig (2010) wearing his (almost) full Highland gear. This m...

Ron Wallace's charming dance Flindrikin is the newest addition to the ScotStep Youtube channel. Danced by the one and only Valentina Burtseva ✨
The music and the detailed description can be obtained from Ronwallace.org 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Flindrikin, a Scottish solo step dance Valentina Burtseva (UKA Fellow, Moscow, Russia) is dancing Ron Wallace's Flindrikin ('The Flirt'), a soft and gentle Scottish step dance devised in North Ame...

Apparently, actors in Scotland do not study the basics of Highland dancing. Surprising, isn't it? 🤔

‘Dancing the Swords’ Ep. 3 Clip | Men in Kilts | STARZ Sam and Graham take a stab at dancing the swords in this clip from Episode 3. Catch up on Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham on the STARZ App. Watc...

Happy to share step 5 and the finale of Bridget's Suggestion with explanations and tips on technique from Diana Hastie! 🤩✨✨ The whole dance coming up soon!

Bridget's Suggestion: Learn step 5 and the finale with Diana Hastie Learn step 5 and the conclusion of an easy and energetic Scottish step dance "Bridget's Suggestion" devised in 2001 by Claudette Sigg for Bridget Sousa (New ...

Time to learn steps 3 and 4 of Bridget's Suggestion with Diana Hastie! ✨✨✨

Bridget's Suggestion: Learn steps 3 and 4 with Diana Hastie Learn steps 3 and 4 of an easy and energetic Scottish step dance "Bridget's Suggestion" devised in 2001 by Claudette Sigg for Bridget Sousa (New World Scotti...

Step 2 is ready to be learnt!
https://youtu.be/Nv5h6cxiRZc
For keen readers, the full and detailed dance instructions have been published in an excellent book by New World Scottish Dancers available as an ebook in the RSCDS Leeds Branch shop: http://rscdsleeds.uk/index.php?id_product=464&controller=product

Bridget's Suggestion: Learn step 2 with Diana Hastie Learn step 2 of an easy and energetic Scottish step dance "Bridget's Suggestion" devised in 2001 by Claudette Sigg for Bridget Sousa (New World Scottish Danc...

As we're still going through all the wonderful contributions from dancers doing the Alverton Scotch Measure, here's a new and easy dance for everyone to enjoy! Devised by Claudette Sigg in California, taught by Diana Hastie from Sydney, published on Youtube from Moscow, it's clearly ready to be danced all over the world... 😁

Bridget's Suggestion: Learn step 1 with Diana Hastie Learn step 1 of an easy and energetic Scottish step dance "Bridget's Suggestion" devised in 2001 by Claudette Sigg for Bridget Sousa (New World Scottish Danc...

One more video in our (slowly but steadily) growing collection answers the question "What is Scottish step dancing?" Sergey Alferov teamed up with a wonderful pianist Evgenia Ulianova to share a "Russian" perspective 😊

What is Scottish step dancing? Sergey Alferov (UKA, Moscow, Russia) Is there really such a thing as Scottish step dancing? Sergey Alferov, a Scottish step dance teacher from Moscow (Russia) and the deviser of the UKA Scottish...

While learners across the globe are (hopefully) practising 4 (or more) steps of the Alverton Scotch Measure (here's the whole set: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3_HyP78ZW4foUi9UlkMUneeHXM1N2GA ), a glimpse of our Jo's Delight global dance-along is now ready to be enjoyed on the Scot Step channel! Truly delightful! 🥰

https://youtu.be/JYv-9VraBN8

Jo's Delight: a Scottish step dance goes global Dancers from Scotland, England, New Zealand, Russia and the US team up to perform all the steps (and numerous choruses) of a challenging Scottish step dance ...