A campaign to get schoolchildren to do Scottish reels has been launched by an MSP whose most recent attempt to take the floor exposed shortcomings in her own knowledge of Scotland’s dance tradition.

The restored Manheim Railroad Station comes alive Tuesday evenings with the toe-tapping sounds of Scottish music as the Red Rose Scottish Country Dancers gather for their weekly dance session. "When ...

IT HAS been taught in Scottish schools for generations and is world-famous for its boisterous reels and jigs and its smooth strathspeys. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...

Marry ancient Scottish barn dancing with the formal French court dances imported by Mary Queen of Scots in the 16th century and you have Scottish country dancing, “the thinking man’s square dance.” ...

IT is a fact that might make them blush in Blantyre and glower in Glenrothes but Bolton has been a centre for Scottish country dancing for the past 60 years. And 136 miles south of the border with ...

My parents met at Scottish country dance classes in the 1960s, and I first discovered it at school. Mum is now in her 80s and still dancing, and my aunt and uncle have recently – in their 70s – begun.

For generations, Scots have birled their partners around the dance floor for The Gay Gordons and Strip the Willow. But ceilidh dancing is to get a very modern makeover to tackle the issues of gender ...

The cheerful melody bellowed from the accordion across the dimly lit room, filling me with jittery anticipation. Holding a hand of each stranger on either side of me, I bounced in a circle to the left ...

Suited up in a velvet jacket and turquoise tartan, 9-year-old Isla Higgins danced her way to first place at the U.S. Highland Dance National Championships. The competition, which was held in Las Vegas ...