Scottish Highland Dancing: Sean Triubhas

[twilightisawesomest]

Wow!!! What level are you?

[AmyMHz]

@twilightisawesomest Premier - this was the U.S. national championship

[Trubble25]

did you place??

[LerouxFan]

Awesome! I'm a beginner and just starting this dance, so your vid gives me something to study (for the first step at least, all the rest of mine are different).

[MsCass34]

@LerouxFan

im a beginner too!

[LookOutASnake]

I can only imagine how exhausting this is.

Very well done!

[MsAmbercampbell]

awesome job!!!!!!!! much better than girl in green kilt!

[MsAmbercampbell]

awesome job!!!!!!!!

[highlandabi]

what did u place?

[bballdance94]

nice leaps :)

[aussielassie]

Hi, i would like to ask AmyMHZ how did you get so fit LOL

[AmyMHz]

@aussielassie Practice a lot. ;)

[sillymilly1106]

wow. really well done. (: did you win? or place? and is this a final or something or were you two the only dancers?? :)

[MapleBok]

That's an amazingly well done Seann Triubhas!! I absolutely LOVE your Leap Step: you demonstrate excellent control in that step, which is, I think, what the Seann Triubhas is all about. :) Superb!

[MrChelsea1000]

I'm a highland dancer from Scotland in Premier Adults. The dancers that I see from America and Canada dance very differently from us. Oh, I'm called Fiona and I'm on my brother's account.

[MrChelsea1000]

I'm a highland dancer from Scotland in Premier Adults. The dancers that I see from America and Canada dance very differently from us.

[choicesintent]

Hello there I have been continuously watching your performance...You are a beautiful dancer..One of the best i have ever seen technically and presentation wise. ( What is your name?.I have the same kilt red & white Menzies..My name is Connie Doglio I live in Perth Western Australia but was born in Dundee Scotland and attained rhe Scottish Championship and World at Cowal Highland Games..pls respond

[DemiDoo2233]

Holy Crap your good!! LOL yes i'm entering the belfast championships too n they will be hard. I'm premier dancer so if you could give me any advice on how to keep my energy levels high throughout the dance please...... thanx

[slushee08]

did u get placed?

im a dancer too, im in intermediant, and its hard enuf the championships in belfast are in april and im nervouss .. pleasee get back to me on that :) xx

[filmemery]

your leaps are perfection!

[Kezzaahho9]

your rally good.. and you have nice big leaps..

[christinaskyex]

wow brilliant dance, your leaps are amazing!

[mslvc2011]

Brilliant. Fantastic work. Reading the conversation in the comments was very interesting and I learned about something that I had no idea about.

[ailz27]

its been along time since i have done any highland dancing but this song and dance reminds me of when i was younger and i'm sure it was called the highland lilt ( i danced from when i was 4 until i was 14 ) so i might be wrong im 30 now and it seems along time ago lol x

[HDancinUSA23]

This dance is called the Seann Triubhas and the tune the piper is playing is called Whistle ower the lave o't' ...we do have a dance called the Lilt though, but it's quite different! lol

[macpduff]

Nice performance 'lady in red' :-)

I did HD 50 yrs ago. When did it become standard for the females to plaster their hair back and wear a "donut" on the back of their heads?

The Military inspired HD costume is already unfeminine. Why do we Scots force our beautiful women to dance in mens attire?

Isn't it time to "a-dress" this problem? I danced in a kilt too. When we Scots see a kilt it 'registers' as male attire - even though others see it as a skirt.

[macpduff]

Want to mention, this dance celebrates the lifting of the ban against Highland garb. Somebody correct me here if I'm off, but the name means "without trousers". The beginning of the dance is slow and mournful, reflecting Highland Scotland after the '45 devastations. Wearing the kilt was a death sentence and was part of the dismantling of the Clan system. The tempo changes to reflect the joy when the ban was lifted and men could go 'without trousers'. But, many Highlanders fled during the ban.

[sarahjane117]

I am Highland Dance illiterate so forgive me cause I don't know what they are called but those air-split-jump things were amazing!!! It looks like you are gonna freeze there and stay in the air. We have something like that in Irish dance but, does it kill your knees at all?

[macpduff]

sarahjane117; It doesn't hurt your knees at all until 40 yrs later - when they give out from over use :-). I'm glad to see an Irish dancer visiting the HD videos. I've been wandering around the ID parts of YT lately. I'm in culture shock over the changes lately. I assume it's the River Dance influence. Anyway, I feel like Rip Van Winkle

[sarahjane117]

Yeah it does have a lot to do with all the dance shows, I wish that some of the stuff would change back cause sometimes I feel that its a little too much quantity over quality (eg. kicking or leaping higher but getting off beat). If you go to my page I have some favorites of dancing in the 80's and earlier which show amazing rythms.

[macpduff]

sarahjane117; Wow, I think I've met a kindred soul. I've left some comments on ID videos criticizing the changes in Irish competitive dance. "Kicking and leaping" are the exact words I used too. Amazingly, people have responded saying 'well - how can you tell who the best dancers are if they don't leap and kick the highest?' My answer like yours is 'skill, restraint and quality'. I will vist your channel.

[highrishdancer]

I partially agree with you. I'm a premier level highland dancer and a world championship qualifying irish dancer--just to preface.

I think Irish dance has gone WAY too far with the glitz of it. I always appreciate the very traditionally inspired "look" of highland dancer. However, the best Irish dancers in the world right now are the ones that can do all the kicking and leaping and do it phenomenally well with good rhythm. Choreographically, I think Irish dance is doing just fine.

[macpduff]

highirish; I disagree about the best Irsih dancers being the ones who can kick and leap. It's not about gymnastics, it's about doing the dance steps according to form.

ID and HD are classic dance forms - like Classic ballet or Japanese Kyoto. The steps, height of a leg thrust, angle of a foot, hands, etc - are all predetermined. The real challenge is sticking to the tradition when you are a 12 yr old, have leg muscles that can 'spring' like a fox terrier, and you want to "let 'er rip". :-)

[macpduff]

highirish; On the other hand, I do like that ID is evolving . It proves that it's alive - like a language evolves. The difference between the traditional ID and the Michael Flatley influenced school is so marked that perhaps it's time for the two types to have different names with different standards of execution.

How the H Fling would look if the dancers kicked like they were Can Can dancers? There's a YTer who has choreographed the HD steps to contemp. music. Love it - but it's not HD :-)

[sparkly131]

Hi i am 12 years old and leaving novice to go to intermediate just to say i think you are a great dancer! Any tips ? Xxxxxxxxxxx

[SuperNatalie4]

awsome

!!!!

[hylndancr247]

I wuld appreciate it if someone knew what the green tartan is, could u pleeze tell me

[xxxnikitadriverxxx]

hey i,m a highland dancer from New Zealand and the Sean Triubhus is my least favourite dance ae

[eighteenviolins]

Very good! Did you place?

[dudefromskye]

Woow your seconds are so sharp! and your leaps are flipping amazing

[Checkihtoot]

you dance really well

i do highland dancing and i live in Scotland

[joshm365]

I'm just a begginer at highland dancing I've been doing it for 4 weeks and I'v just got the first step down!! You're really good! Are you intermediate or novice? (i'm on my brothers account. That's why it says josh!)

[milkstudsohickorynut]

in order to be in championship u have to be a really good premiere. i have two more stamps then im intermediate im so excited!!!

[tashie308]

Hey i'm a highland dancer from scotland & this is by far the dance i like least ha ha !

[Angie2343]

I like the Highland Laddie myself, and the dancing seen in the "Laddie/Lassie" scene of Grandpa's Magical Toys" (confirmed to be real Highland dancing by the creators themselves).

[goffytheclown]

hey who is the girl in the red i think i might now her

[blackrainbowgema]

av been doing scottish dancing nearly 8 years now and this is the worst dance by far i hate it lol good job tho :)

[jupiter101peach]

Awesome job! My Seann Triubhas is alright i guess but my shuffles are terrible. Seriously, I'm not exaggerating!!!

[shipley11809comcast]

Go Amy!

[simmyuk]

i did highland dancing once and im a guy

[seonidh]

The warriors used to dance across swords and the people who cut their feet it was told would die in battle. Hence it was in the best interests not to cut the sole's of your feet.

[POLMAZURKA]

but what do the men do?

[AmyMHz]

the same thing! it was traditionally a men's sport.

[afteq]

I now we just pipe for the girls.. :P

[jodeofoz]

I danced from 8-13 years old and i am now 41. watching these videos brought back such wonderful memories. I remembered the music and the steps. great job and keep dancing (beware the bung knees in later life though

;-)

[NemoMyName]

you need to watch your arms, they need to be tighter on your hips. ^_^ good job, though. I have been dancing for nearly 10 years, and I am taking my teachers this year.

[highlanddancer36]

amazing job! i highland dance aswell,i love it.How long have you been dancing for?

[AmyMHz]

I've done Highland for 14 years, and other dance for 16 years. Thanks for the comment. :)

[highlanddancer36]

No problem:)and wow thats quite a long time, ive done highland for 12 years and other for 6 years. Do you compete all over? or just in some areas?

[AmyMHz]

Wherever I can travel, I'll compete. Mainly US, Canada, Scotland as of yet.

[highlanddancer36]

oh thats cool, ive always wanted to go to scotland, i was gonna go last year but i dislocated my knee, so i was off for a while. Are you going to the Victoria champs this year?

[AmyMHz]

Probably not. Taking the MCATs this spring, so may not get to travel as much.

[highlanddancer36]

oh ok well good luck with the MCATs!

[meshek80]

good dancing.....amazing

[HighlandHeart]

good job # 403, just remember to do full shufffles inyour leap step, and keep your heels up nice and high:)

- how did u do in this competition anyways?

[itsapencil]

how many metres of fabric does your kilt have in it

[GraceFull272]

well at championships you have to do championship steps...so the judges can compare you all against each other easier. its looks so uniform when they all put it together, doesnt it? =]

[xKeepSmilingx]

Wow! that was practically flawless! its weird how yous all do the same steps...at any competition in scotland almost no one is doing the same thing!

[i0rawk0yuur0sockz]

i dont think its in canada, cause' the sign up the back of the stage says United States.

im scottish and im a highland dancer too. im in premier championship so if i was at that competition i would be dancing with them haha. just thought id let you know :P

[itsapencil]

no no i know its in the united states she asked where regina was.

[AmyMHz]

you're right--this was in Saratoga, New York in the US, at the North American Championship on the Sunday after the US National Championship in 2006.

[sharpielicker]

I want to learn how to play the pipes! ^_^

[bretlovesdonuts316]

your footwork was awesome your feet were beautifully extended

[itsapen]

lol me 2 horsedancer123

[horsedancer123]

i basicly learned the sean triubhas from watching u do that and that's the dance i am learning right know so i am pro at it cuz i watched this a million times!!

[itsapen]

how old where u when u started?

[AmyMHz]

I started Highland when I was 5 yrs old.

[Delmers]

I am of Scottland. I am in Clan Campbell of Scottland and My Great great great great Granddad or something sailed here from Scottland. I want to learn more of my heritage.

[itsapen]

ITS IN CANADA

[itsapen]

do u know any dancers from regina sask?

[AmyMHz]

Where is that? I might, though I'm not sure.

[Emijane03]

I'm a dancer from Regina

[goodstuffens]

Congrats on getting to Nationals!

[scottishchick667]

holy crap.. that was amazing! im a highland dancer too.. but im not as good as u !!! keep up the GREAT work!

[itsapen]

wut did u place?

[itsapen]

do u have one of the flora

[itsapen]

ok you r amazing i take highland too but im only 12 in begginer and i only know 4 dances

[scottishchick667]

heyy.. im a highland dancer as well. and im only in novice 12!

[itsapen]

are there any videos of u doing the jig?

[AmyMHz]

yes, I think I have one, but it's not on my computer. I'll probably get it soon though.

[SapphireLight]

u are incredible...:) i take highland dance too

[wistahanne]

Wow~ you did an amzing job! I used to Highland Dance years ago, and this makes me miss it so much. My toddler is watching with me and copying you as I watch....I think I have a dancer in training here.

[ForBear07]

I use to do highland years ago, Watching this makes me miss it.

[hotasice3000]

you are amazing at dancing great job

[stacedundee]

Wow, your leaps are amazing! xx

[not2stoopid]

you're amazing!

[lilmzmeeh]

Is that a championship?

[AmyMHz]

Yes, this is the 2006 North American Championship, held in Saratoga, NY, USA.

[lilmzmeeh]

orite cool!

[swingingkilts]

PreciousK, amazing! I've never seen you dance "live"...lol, but I recongnized you from your other vids. Great job,too bad we can't see it all. How'd ya do????

[swingingkilts]

the girl on your left looks alot like KM of Ontario. Any chance it might be her???

[PreciousK]

yes thats me... lol

I was surprised to see myself too!

[conanlover123]

I highland dance too, and let me just sasy that was AMAZING! I wish I could leap like that. How did you do in the comp.?

[Jestersmother]

LOL my mom likes to advertise for me (embarassing!). But I wanted to say, you have BEAUTIFUL feet.

[Jestersmother]

Great Job Check out Candice Taylor dancing with the Wicked Tinkers. She does a hornpipe and a choreography at O'blarnys in Olympia, Washington

[Jestersmother]

I love highland dancing. I have danced from age 11. I'm 21 now and have started doing choreography. Check out my Hornpipe with the Wicked Tinkers. and a Choreography I did to their Hugh Ross set. They are Very Very fun to dance with. Make up dances for their Kickin Highland Music.

[YngMalmsteen]

My ex GF is Lynda Maxwell Conner (3 time US Champion)

Do you know of her? Good job btw.

[BambiEyez0]

That was relly gud,I wish I wud av kept up dancing how long have u been dancing for? and how old were you then?

[AmyMHz]

Thanks! I've been dancing (ballet+Highland) for about 15 years. I was 18 at this competition.

[rokgrl1603]

not to be harsh but do ppl find this amusing? nice job though.

[AmyMHz]

thanks, lol.

[cliodhna13]

I find this SUBLIME. When Highland Dancing is done well--and AmyMHz is Outstanding--it is one of the coolest things on the planet.

[highlandancer]

I love the leap step and your such good leapers!

[swingingkilt]

perfect ST to show a beginner..Love the leap step