Competitors in the Highland Fling Scottish Highland dance during the 2022 Kenmore Highland Games. These are held by Loch Tay at Kenmore in picturesque Perthshire, one of the only evening Highland Games in Scotland. The Highland Fling is one of the most famous Scottish dances performed at competitions and championships throughout the world. It is said to have been inspired by the sight of a stag jumping around a hillside. The dancers movements; the arms held aloft like antlers, the feet dancing f

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The Highland Fling, Scottish Highland dance adult competition, held during the 2023 Ballater Highland Games. This was at Ballater in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on Thursday 11th August 2022. The dancers were (L-R) Mhairi McPherson, Michelle Gordon, Brogan Martin and Molly Smith, all of whom are champion Highland dancers. The Highland Fling is one of the most famous Scottish dances performed at competitions and championships throughout the world. It is said to have been inspired by the sight

Competitors in the Highland Fling Scottish Highland dance adult competition during the 2022 Kenmore Highland Games. This friendly Games is held on the first Wednesday in July by Loch Tay at Kenmore in Perthshire, one of the few evening Highland Games in Scotland. The dancers included Hamish McInnes from Australia, a champion Highland dancer. The Highland Fling is one of the most famous Scottish dances performed at competitions and championships throughout the world. It is said to have been inspi

Competitors in the 'Irish Jig' Scottish Highland Dance heats during the 2018 Braemar Gathering Highland Games in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. We think the dancer in the centre (10) is champion highland dancer Michelle Gordon from Huntly. The Scottish version is a parody of an Irish washerwoman in an agitated frame of mind, an energetic dance featuring lots of fist shaking and skirt flouncing among female competitors. It is a parody of Irish dancing and the infamous Irish temper. It is one o

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Graceful competitors in a Highland Reel Scottish dance during the 2022 Aboyne Highland Games. This was held on Aboyne Green in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on Saturday 6th August 2022. The dancers are wearing the Aboyne Dress, the outfits worn by female highland dancers, and 2022 marked the 70th anniversary of the introduction of this outfit. The Aboyne Dress, introduced in 1952, consists of a skirt of light-weight tartan worn over a white petticoat, with a plaid of the same tartan material