Highland dance outfits

Guide to Highland Dance Costumes | If you’re new to the world of Highland dance, navigating the costume situation can be intimidating. Luckily, we know all about costumes – from the vests versus jackets to what the heck a dickie is, we’ve seen it all. All of what you’ll read below is from guidelines by the Royal Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing. Where do you get highland dance costumes? #highlanddance

Highland Dancer Rachael Walker

Like a Scottish ballerina.

Highland Dance Outfit

Things for a highland dance comp

As a dance teacher, I’m often asked at dance competitions how to pin the plaide on the National costume. Particularly for Pre-Premier dancers new to the competition scene, this costume can be tricky. Unfortunately, although I’ve been wearing this costume for over 10 years, my answer to that question is always “let’s go find my mom”.That’s why my mom, Angela Francoeur, is here to give us all a lesson in National dance attire. Angela’s pinning method isn’t the definitive way of doing things…

Highland Dancer Rachel Walker

West Virginia Highland dancer

Tartan & Tulle Highland dance choreography costume.

Highland Dancer Rachael Walker

What's the Difference Between Highland and Irish Dance? Having both originated from Celtic countries, Highland and Irish dance are often mistaken for each other. Both are full of fascinating history and rich cultural traditions – but they don’t have as much overlap as the general public might think. While we at Saorsa Studio can’t speak for the Irish dancers of the world, we know that as Highland dancers, the confusion gets brought up a lot!

Dress Cranberry McRae of Conchra...tartan courtesy of Tartantown Ltd.

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Remember the article about how we went to our first Highland Games and Sage was obsessed with Highland Dance? So I found her a coach and she started taking lessons... three months later... Sage participated in her first Highland Games as a Highland dancer. She donned a beautiful Royal Macgregor dress plaid kilt. (It's 'dress plaid' because of the white background-royal because of the gorgeous blue) She danced three classic highland dances, the Highland Fling, the Sword Dance, and the Seann…