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 ...

Dancers practice at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Duluth. Olivia West has been dancing since she was four, and is now almost ...

When Meghan Palmer, 16, and junior at Ferris High School, began Scottish Highland dancing 12 years ago it wasn’t because she has Scottish ancestors or because she particularly liked dance. “I did it ...

There’s a new opportunity in Highland for youth wanting to shine in the spotlight. The re-launched Highland Dance Academy has just completed its first year of operation with a successful menu of ...

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 ...

ALMA — When Christie Freestone was 8 years old, she took a few highland dance lessons, didn’t like it and quit. “My grandparents were from Scotland, so my grandfather found a highland dance teacher in ...

Ellie Murgha, a 14-year-old Highland dancer from Townsville, has taken her talent to the world stage, performing in front of the King of the United Kingdom. Read about her journey here. This ...

Roninson Dance Studios teachers with trophy winners. Back: Elinor Boyes, Abbey McGill, Crystal Gouws, Caitlin Boyes, and Shannon Anderson. Front: Garren Beaven, Marle Bosman and Jessica Powell. Years ...

Belle Ward and Amy Bibby on stage at the Highland dance championships. Photo / Paul Taylor Highland dancers and their entourages piled into the CHB Municipal Theatre over the weekend to compete and to ...