The only good step for the Irish dancer was the last step. All the others were so boring and so much the same. Scottish Irish Jig is so much better All the time. Scottish all the way.
What's the difference in this Scottish dance and tap dancing other than the music. Having grown up in Tennessee I've often wondered the same about the Application Flat Foot Dance and Tap.
American tap was no doubt inspired by these and other traditional dances. However one difference is the shoes, tap shoes usually having looser “taps” (metal plates) than jig shoes.
Girl in trousers is doing step dancing which is popular in Cape Breton and the girl in red is doing a Scottish highland dance called "Irish Jig", also popular in Cape Breton.
@@mmbturtle5134 • Thanks for the clarification. I'm no dance expert so when RU-vid starting pushing these to me I watch. The Scottish dances seem to be closer to the "reels" I learned in school but another commentor pooh-poohed the idea. So much to learn, so little time.😕
How you can tell is that Irish step dancing is done with the arms down to the sides. This is because the English had outlawed dancing to crush the Irish culture and spirit. But the logic was that if they weren't flinging their arms around the people could say they were simply walking funny.
@@yvonnetomenga5726scottish dancer here i know this comment is years old but we do dance reels as well! don’t know if you’d know the names but we do hullicans/tullochs and strathspeys which has 4 people in each
Shady Glen's enthusiasm for Welsh dance is to be praised. They are avidly seeking ever more challenging dances to perform. "Da iawn! Daliwch ati!" [Very good! Keep dancing!]
