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The sailor's hornpipe was adapted from an English dance, and is now performed more frequently in Scotland, while the Irish Jig is a humorous caricature of, and tribute to, Irish step dancing (the dancer, in a red and green costume, is an interpretation of an Irish person, gesturing angrily and frowning).
Tartan trews were part of the Highland wardrobe for chieftains and gentlemen whilst on horseback (the large Highland ponies) from the early 17th century onward. Some Seann Triubhas steps seem to have originated from hard shoe dancing, and the dance was taught to be performed in regular shoes with heels by dancing masters in the 19th century.
The jig (Irish: port, Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It first gained popularity in 16th-century England, Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of the British Isles, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was adopted on mainland Europe where it eventually became the final movement of ...
Irish Jig, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros 1889. There is very little documentary evidence of dance being practised in Ireland prior to the 7th century; this could be due to the destruction of written records in Ireland during Viking raids. [3]
Among the most common dances are the Highland Fling, the Sword Dance or the Ghillie Callum, the Seann Triubhas, the Irish Jig and the Hornpipe. Of these dances three (Highland Fling, Sword Dance, and Seann Triubhas) are performed wearing the semi-traditional kilt whilst the Irish Jig and the Hornpipe have specific outfits for their dances.
Because of its timing, the slip jig is longer than the reel for the same number of bars of music. In Irish stepdance competition, the tempo of 113 beats per minute is the same as other dances, but as each bar is longer, instead of dancing to 48 bars of music the dancer is only required to dance 40 bars of music (each of 2 1 ⁄ 2 steps ...
In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey and the waltz, and is also the name of a dance figure. Hard shoes worn for Irish dance Soft shoes worn for Irish dance. In Irish dance, a reel is any dance danced to music in reel time (see below).
Scottish country dance; Scottish highland dance; Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style") Seann triubhas; Seguidilla (Spanish, folk) Semba (Angola) Sequence dance; Serpent dance; Serra ; Set Dance Ireland; Seungjeonmu; Seungmu; Sevillanas (Spain) Sewang dance; Shag (Swing) Carolina shag; Collegiate shag; St. Louis shag ...