EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 11 (UPI) -- Officials in Scotland appear uncertain how a new law restricting the sale of knives or swords might affect sword-dancing competitions. The sword dance or Ghillie ...

A young highland dancer has inspired thousands with her determination after she continued with a difficult sword dance despite falling mid-performance. Lucy Clark, 4, started dancing a year and a half ...

Scottish Highland Dancing is a sport as well as an art. Competing in one dance has been compared to running an 800-meter sprint with your arms held in the air, while leaping, turning, smiling and ...

Scottish Highland dancing is one of the oldest forms of folk dance, dating back to the 11th or 12th century. The Highland dances of Scotland were highly athletic male celebratory dances of triumph, or ...

The movements pull the smile and need to move out of some ancient spot deep inside the audience. The leaps and steps reflect centuries of refinement but are as easily seen in the mind’s eye being ...

You don't have to be Scottish to be familiar with bagpipes, harps, kilts the caber toss or the hammer throw. But there is one ancient Scottish tradition which is only just recently gaining some notice ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Around 400 kilt-wearing dancers gathered in Grand Rapids this weekend for the national Scottish Highland dancing championships. The 2016 United States Inter-Regional Championships ...

Over the next nine days, the Royal National Mòd is taking place in the west Highlands. The event will bring together ...

Twin 15-year-old sisters from Henderson are heading to Scotland in late August to compete at the World Highland Dance Championships. Erica and Jamie Stewart, sophomores at Coronado High School, ...

Scots dancer,4, goes viral after video of her determined dancing inspires public A young highland dancer has inspired thousands with her determination after she continued with a difficult sword dance ...