Videos tagged with "dancing"
Traditional Scottish Dancing High Street Edinburgh Scotland [01:24]
Tour Scotland video of a young Scots lass dancing a traditional Scottish dance on the Royal Mile on visit to Edinburgh.
Scottish Sword Dance Royal Mile Edinburgh Scotland [00:23]
Tour Scotland video of two young Scots dancing the traditional sword dance on the Royal Mile on visit to Edinburgh. In Gillie Callum or "Scottish sword dance" the dancer crosses two swords on the ground in an "X" shape, dances around and within the 4 quarters of it. In 1573 Scottish mercenaries are said to have performed a Scottish Sword dance before the Swedish King, John III, at a banquet held in Stockholm Castle. The dance, " a natural feature of the festivities, " was used as part of a plot to assassinate the King, where the conspirators were able to bare their weapons without arousing suspicion. Fortunately for the King, at the decisive moment the agreed signal was never given. " Sword dance and Hieland Dances " were included at a reception for Anne of Denmark at Edinburgh in 1589 and a mixture of sword dance and acrobatics was performed before James VI in 1617 and again for Charles I in 1633, by the Incorporation of Skinners and Glovers of Perth..
Dancing Astrophysicists: Scottish Cèilidh #3: Virginia Reel [06:23]
Astrophysicists including Christiane Helling, Moira Jardine, Thomas Robitaille, and Eric Stempels dancing the Virginia Reel (Medley including Turkey in the Straw, Camptown Races, Oh Susannah) at a Scottish cèilidh (a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing) at the 15th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun (Cool Stars 15) in St. Andrews, Scotland, UK in July 2008.
Dancing Astrophysicists: Scottish Cèilidh #2 [02:44]
Astrophysicists including Christiane Helling, Moira Jardine, Ettore Pedretti, and Eric Stempels dancing at a Scottish cèilidh (a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing) at the 15th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun (Cool Stars 15) in St. Andrews, Scotland, UK in July 2008.
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