Highland Schottische (Scotland)

Highland Schottische 
Scotland


These notes ©2018, Andrew Carnie. First attested in 1855 under the name Balmoral Schottische.

Music:


Meter:Any  4/4 Scottish Schottische tune
Formation: Couples in Ballroom position around the room. M in the center, W on the outside. M
Introduction: depends upon recording, may be a chord or may be 4-8 bars introduction with no action.

Bar 1: Hop on Inside and point outside foot in LOD (in 2nd position) (1), hop on I and bring O foot back behind I calf (2) Hop on inside, and point O towards LOD (3), Hop on I and bring O in front of I  shin (4). For older dancers, this step can be done without the hops on each count.
Bar 2: Still facing partner, step O in LOD (1), Close I next to O (2), Step on O in LOD (3), hop on outside, bringing I behind O calf (4)
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2 with opposite footwork and direction.
Bar 5: Repeat bar 2
Bar 6: Repeat bar 2 with opposite footwork and direction
Bar 7-8:  Moving forward in LOD and turning CW, take 4 step hops (O, I, O, I) turning around each other.

repeat dance from the beginning.

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Other Sources

  • Beliajus, Finadar Vytautas (1940) Dance and Be Merry: Thirty One Folk Dances with Variations representing Seventeen Nations. Clayton F. Summy Co.
  • Burchenal, Elizabeth and Ward Crampton (1908) Folk-dance Music: A collection of seventy six Characteristic Dances of the People of various nations. Boston, G. Schirmer. 
  • Duggan, Anne Schley, Jeanette Schlottmann and Abbie Rutledge (1948) Folk Dances of the British Isles. AS Barnes and Company
  • Ewart, David and May (1996) Scottish Ceilidh Dancing. Mainstream Publishing
  • Hall, J. Tillman (1963) Dance! A Complete Guide to Social Folk and Square Dancing. Wadsworth Publishing.
  • Houston, Ron (2011) The Folk Dance Problem Solver 2011. Society of Folk Dance Historians
  • Ward-Crampton, Charles (1913) The Folkdance Book. NY: Barnes
  • Herman, Michael (1953) Folk Dance Syllabus no 1. Folk Dance House.
  • Crawford, Caroline (n.d but probably 1915ish) Folk Dances and Games. A. S. Barnes Co.
  • Shaw, Lloyd (1948) The Round Dance Book. Caxton
  • Knight, Peter (1996) Scottish Country Dancing: Collins Pocket Reference. Harper Collins Publishers
  • Tobitt, Janet (1947) Promenade All. Self Published.

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Also spelled: Shottish, schottish,

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