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

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

A talented young dancer competing in the Highland Fling during the Scottish Highland Dance heats at the Drumtochty Highland Games 2023. Held in the beautiful grounds of Drumtochty Castle in Auchenblae on Saturday, June 24th. The Highland Fling, inspired by the sight of a stag leaping on a hillside, is one of the most iconic Scottish dances. 🦌 The dancers' movements, with arms raised like antlers and feet moving gracefully, emulate the stag’s playful antics. 💃 📍Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🎥 braem

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A Highland Fling Scottish Highland dance by beginners and juniors of the Lindsay School of dance in Laurencekirk and Stonehaven. This was during the 2023 Stonehaven Feein' Market held on Saturday 3rd June 2023. #stonehaven #feeinmarket #aberdeenshire #scotland #highlanddancing #scottishdance #highlanddance #HighlandFling | Scotland Online