Delaware Valley RSCDS: Scottish Country Dance Performances
What is Scottish Country Dancing?
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What is Scottish Country Dancing?
Scottish Country Dance, sometimes called "the ballroom dancing of Scotland", is a vigorous, lively, yet elegant form of social dancing. Sets of 4 couples dance a particular dance pattern 8 times through, each couple taking a turn leading the figures. The footwork is precise, the movements crisp. What makes the dance form particularly Scottish is the music--with its fast-moving jigs and reels, and its stately strathspeys, usually an accordion or fiddle taking the melodic lead.
The dances are enjoyable to watch when performed by agile and experienced dancers, yet also simple enough to be accessible to most people who wish to learn them--after all, it is social dancing, with emphasis on the community dancing together.
Here's Anselm Lingnau's What is Scottish Country Dancing? article.