Competitors in the Highland Fling Scottish Highland dance during the 2022 Kenmore Highland Games. These are held by Loch Tay at Kenmore in picturesque Perthshire, one of the only evening Highland Games in Scotland. 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 f

Local Perthshire competitors in the Flora MacDonald's Fancy Highland Dance competition during the 2022 Kenmore Highland Games. These are held by Loch Tay at Kenmore in Perthshire, the only evening Highland Games in Scotland. Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to the Isle of Skye on his way to France in 1746, after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden. Such heroism won her the admiration of the Scottish people who honoured her in this dance. | Scotland Online

Competitors in the 'Irish Jig' Scottish Highland Dance heats during the 2018 Braemar Gathering Highland Games in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. We think the dancer in the centre (10) is champion highland dancer Michelle Gordon from Huntly. The Scottish version is a parody of an Irish washerwoman in an agitated frame of mind, an energetic dance featuring lots of fist shaking and skirt flouncing among female competitors. It is a parody of Irish dancing and the infamous Irish temper. It is one o

Video reel showing a Highland dancing display by students of the Lindsay School of dance in Laurencekirk and Stonehaven to the tune Highland Cathedral. This was during the 2023 Stonehaven Feein' Market, held on Saturday 3rd June 2023 at Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. #reels #stonehaven #feeinmarket #aberdeenshire #scotland #highlanddancing #scottishdance #highlanddance | Aberdeenshire Scotland

Highland dance is about strength and agility 💃. Hame - now on BBC iPlayer | BBC Northern Ireland

There's nothing quite like highland dancing towards the castle. | International Gathering of Scottish Highland Dance

A Highland Fling Scottish Highland dance by beginners and juniors of the Lindsay School of dance in Laurencekirk and Stonehaven. This was during the 2023 Stonehaven Feein' Market held on Saturday 3rd June 2023. #stonehaven #feeinmarket #aberdeenshire #scotland #highlanddancing #scottishdance #highlanddance #HighlandFling | Scotland Online