Assorted Scottish Dance links

This is a page of links I've collected more or less related to Scottish Dancing. I have nothing to do with these sites, so can take neither credit nor blame - if you want to comment, please contact the maintainer(s) of the site in question.

• Scottish Country dancing links
• Highland dancing links
• Step dancing links

• The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
• The Strathspey Server.
• The Teacher's Association of Canada
• The Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing
• The Scottish Official Highland Dancing Association
• The Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust, a national organisation which exists to promote, research, conserve and foster all of Scotland's dance traditions.
• Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) - stablished in 2012 to bring together Scotland's performance traditions - storytelling, music and dance - under a new umbrella. TRACS aims to encourage collaboration between these three art forms, share resources for effective promotion of Traditional Arts activities and to develop partnerships with other organisations that can benefit from our resources.
• SCD Chat Room
• Robert Keller's compendium of Playford's "Dancing Master". It gives facsimiles of all the dances from all extant editions (1651-1728), and is searchable by title, figure, formation, etc.
• Mike's Community forums - includes ceilidh dance forums.
• Edinburgh Ceilidhs at the Lot - weekly ceilidhs in Edinburgh.
• Ceilidh Junkies online - includes events for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Rest of Scotland, plus band and venue reviews and a mailing list.
• The Ceilidh Collective - Edinburgh-based fundraising ceilidhs for social and environmental grassroots and charitable organisations.
• Glasgow Dance Guide.
• Dancing section of People-Connection - site to connect with other dancers in your area.
• Dance On! - magazine for Scottish Dancers.
• Ceilidh Makers - Mats Melin and Christine Kydd, CeilidhMakers! The singing, dancing and songmaking project for schools and community.
• Ceilidh Crew - runs ceilidhs in London.
• Pop Ceilidh - ceilidh dance to Pop music.
• Glen MacGregor's Highland Dance pages
• F.U.S.T.A, the Federation of United States teachers and Adjudicators.
• Highland Dance Teachers' Association of England.
• IVP's Scottish Dance Videos - includes ceilidh, highland and country dance videos.
• Colin Robertson's pages - includes links to many articles.
• DanceBase Scotland's National Centre for Dance, based in Edinburgh. Includes highland and ceilidh classes.
• My page on dance book/music/equipment stockists.
• RSCDS Leeds Branch Shop. We bought up much of the stock from the Scottish National Dance Company. and now sell lots of CDs, Books and shoes for Scottish Dancers all over the world.
• Highland X Press, highland dance, country dance and piping costume and equipment distributor. Includes pages for used costumes as well.
• Northbeat, formed to promote the dance and music of Scotland. Their aim is to provide opportunities for all to learn and enjoy the very best from the Scottish tradition. They also run the Island Fling.
• The US Library of Congress Dance Instruction Manual online books.
• The Hullachan Pro web site, home page of Craig Coussins' dance shoe of the same name. Includes articles on dance injury and how to avoid it, and a video on how to lace your shoes properly. Most of this is also on the US Hullachan web site.
• James Senior, dance shoe manufacturer.
• The Scottish dance shoe company.
• Munro Competition Shoes - dance shoe supplier.
• Dancing Ghillie - stocks SCD, highland and irish dance shoes.
• Step in Time, dance supplier specialising in Highland and Irish dance kit.
• The Reel - dance supplies, including shoes for Highland and SCD.
• Shenzhen Meiguan Dance Shoes Ltd - dance shoes manufacturer in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Main products are the Latin Dance shoes, Modern Dance shoes, Ballet shoes, Jazz Dance shoes etc.
• Dougie's Highland Dance shoes by a highland dancer from Australia.
• Celtic Dance Irish Dance shoes.
• MARUCHO's Folkdances Site, lots of brilliant dance animations, including Petronella and a 6-step Fling.
• Scotia Dance and Music Publishers, New York. Scotia Dance and Music Publishers (SDMP) supports Scottish music and dance education by: sponsoring the above web site, offering music scholarships and contributing to music programs of other groups. To encourage new composers and dance devisors, SDMP publishes original dances and tunes under the guidance of our Dance Advisory Committee and our Music Advisory Committee. The members of these editorial committees offer advice to the novice in order to ensure that dances and tunes properly adhere to the idiom.
• TheDanceNet, dance-specific search engine.
• DanceLead.com - dance links directory - includes Scottish Country dance links.
• KWMap - key-word map of the Internet - includes Scottish Dancing, Scottish music, ceilidh, highland.
• The Tartan Pages Scottish Dance section.
• Scottish music and dance pages in the Geography department of the University of Edinburgh Gateway to Scotland.
• The Highland Fling aide-memoire cards for the Scottish Reeler - laminated cards covering a few basic reels in a new symbolic format.
• CelticDance New video release and information on Fire & Grace celtic dance theatre.
• Spirit of Dance web site, accompanying the monthly TV programme.
• The online version of the Dancer newspaper. Mostly tap, jazz, ballet but does have the occasional Highland piece.
• The Anglo-American Dance Service, supporting various forms of folk dance. Includes scottish recordings and videos.
• Douglas Brown's SCD cross-index CD.
• Celtica magazine "The 1st and most important Italian magazine concerning celtic culture and music."

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I also have other pages of links:

• Scottish Dance: General Scottish Dancing links.
• Dance types:
  • Scottish Country Dancing
  • Highland Dancing
  • Ceilidh Dancing
  • Scottish Step Dance
  • Other dance forms
• Bands: Scottish dance bands (includes descriptions).
• Groups: Scottish Dance groups world-wide
• Events: Other events pages.
• Health: Looking after your body, managing injuries.
• Music: Scottish and Folk music pages
• Email lists: Relevant mailing and discussion lists.
• Blogs: online columns.
• Scottish links
  • Edinburgh links.
  • Scotland: Miscellaneous links to do with Scotland.
  • Tartans and tartan viewers.
  • Kilts, kiltmaking and Scottish stores.
  • Tourist: Where to stay/what to do in Edinburgh/Scotland.
• Miscellaneous: Other miscellaneous links which may be interesting.
• Web: Web stuff, including search engines and directories.

Or try ScotFind Scottish Links engine.

If you have any other links you would like me to include here, please mail me with the URL and some details.

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Last updated 6-08-04 .

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This page is maintained by Ian Brockbank
ian@scottishdance.net
Edinburgh, Scotland