Traditional Scottish Highland sword dance 

I am a Scottish dancer and I think that this was a great sword dance!!!

So wonderfully light-footed.

Didn't even touch the sword once. Brilliant footwork from that lass.

In Galiza, the ancient celtic and suevi nation of the Iberic Peninsule there are some Sword Dances too. One of the best known is from Carril. Each year is danced in July, 25 in the party of St. James, the Galician National Day. Regards! Baile Das Espadas, Carril 2011

Culture and tradition! I love it!

Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for uploading it. 😊

Thank you for the lovely video, it was very nice.

It sometimes is that fast just depends on how the piper plays as a competitive dancer you learn to dance to different speeds of music that how i learnt

Hey more classic Scottish culture! The cantankerous old sod! Never knew Victor Meldrew had a You Tube account LOL

Oh man! That was so cool!

Wow that is amazing! xD i doubt i could rember the entire thing let alone preform it...Awesome display indeed!!

She's amazing!!!

Ghillie Callum (name of the tune is the same as the name of the dance, actually!)

I was wondering the same thing myself! Hopefully, somebody will be kind enough to answer your question.

Wow she is very good!! Did they actually do this before battle or is it just myth? Good upload:)

well done, superb.

The piper is told to play at different speeds, the better the dancer the slower the speed

......awesome.

I am a highland dancer and actually know kristen who is dancing, you can infact do an alternative last step. there are many versons. kristen attends the jenkins school of dance in airth in central scotland.

@raksnishi That's great you have a BA in dance! This would definitely be something to add to your repertoire. However, I don't know where you might learn it as it was a demonstration that I saw in Scotland last summer. Possibly if you could travel there you could take some courses. :)

I don't really see why a dance is causing all of this strife. As I understand it, while I was visiting (and no, I'm not a native Scot), it was told to our group that this is a tradition that began back with the Celts and that the men would actually be the ones who would perform this dance before they went into battle. I posted this because I thought that it was an amazing show of athleticism and a beautiful piece of Scottish culture as it was told to us. If it offends you, then don't watch it.

It's too bad we can't win wars just by doing this.

love it i do highland dancing too!!!!!!!

That quick time was insanely fast! XD I don't think it would be possible to do it with the spring points to that.

I have a bachelors in dance and am SO impressed. Wow for scottish dance. where can i take a class?

i like this

Yes your correct this was a more a display of strength historically for men only. It was not a dance for celebration - Hence sword dance. The music was much slower and more like ballet. Has always reminded me of English dance done by Morris men although they danced to celebrate and included bells rather than swords.

Die Beinarbeit (Fußspitze) hat mehr mit Ballett zu tun als mit einem wirklichen Schwerttanz.

This girl is a very nice dancer but her teacher needs to coach her in spreading highcuts. She looks strong and fit enough to do them.

This video should have more views than this.

This was adorable. Do you probably know the name of the dancer?

Meant to be 2 beat pas de basque not 3 - and her last step was wrong.

I know! I was very impressed and a little scared for her, even though she obviously has done this quite a bit. It does make me wonder how many times she's been nicked by the swords while practicing. Maybe that's why she wears the high socks. :)

Whats the name of this tune??

wow amazing technique and hicuts! The quicktime was way too fast though, what was the piper doing?

the bow was a little to fast but otherwise good

lol anyone calling themself The Ard Righ doesn't need to be taken with any amount of value... who died and made you High King? LOL! THE High King at that!

I don't know her name. I was visiting Scotland and I was blessed enough to get to be a part experience this. Maybe one day I'll get to go back and see it again. :)

it doesnt offend me!!! im a scottish dancer

Danced by a girl?