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Highland And Country Style, what is the difference?
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Dalriada Dancer  |
Posted: 23-Jun-2005, 07:17 AM
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The difference between SCD and Highland is what makes them both so unique and both so much fun!
SCD is group dancing. Some areas refer to SCD as "barn-dancing", country dancing, or Scottish dancing. SCD is done in sets of even numbers of men and women (but not all the time - a la Shepherd's Crook). SCD has formations and travelling, retires and advances, and is lovely to watch when the whole group performs. It's a wonderful social dance. If you have never seen it, the closest thing I can think of would be to watch a movie with a renaissance theme and when the royals have a ball, those kinds of dances would be the closest idea. These dances are done at ceilidhs and balls and parties.
Highland is more of a solo dancing. It uses some similar movements as SCD (pas de basques, sheddings, springpoints). It is made of four dances only - Highland Fling, Seann Truibhas, Sword Dance and a Strathspey or Reel (which is the only Highland Dance with more than one person). Originally danced and competed only by men, these dances are done in the kilt.
National Dances are the feminine dances that Highland Dancers perform/compete. Dancers (the ladies) wear the arasaid or aboyne, or they wear the white national dress. There are tonnes of these dances!
Scottish Lilt, Flora MacDonald's Fancy, Blue Bonnets over the Border, Highland Laddie, Wilt thou go to the Barracks-Johnnie?, Village Maid, Scotch Measure, Dusty Miller, First of August, Tribute to J.L. MacKenzie, etc, etc, etc.
Then, there are the "others" - Argyle/Lochaber- Broadsword (a four person-four sword - sword dance) Irish Jig, Sailor's Hornpipe, Perth Assembly, Come Ashore Jacky Tar
I cannot speak for SCD, but in Highland, we are "governed" by one of two boards. Either dancers who are registered to compete follow the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dance, or they follow the Scottish Official Highland Dance Association. That is a long, convoluted discussion about the two. Each of which I completely respect and understand their need. I follow the SOBHD and am certified under their branch called British Association Teachers of Dance. There are groups out there who follow neither, but those groups are mostly performance and need not register as they do not compete.
Whew! Any questions?
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