Irish Jig, Highland Dancing

[Calengela]

This is Scottish dancing, not Irish or american!

[annagillies]

the piper is playing a bland version of "Paddy's Leather Breaches" a good tune if played well...

[jme205]

Can I ask what song it is the piper is playing?

[d4ncer19]

I am about to make my jig dress (green) and I dont know if the inside of the skirt most be red. Help?

[Tempast101]

It dosen't have to be. You can make it green. But you should check with you teacher first to make sure

[georguronmymind]

theyre so kewl

[12dancingismylife34]

ugh highland games are always piped it bugs me because pipers are less consistent and when they tap their feet it's distracting but i guess their job is as hard as ours

[greysgirl199]

I have only danced to a live piper in competitions. Do your competitions use CD?

[HDancinUSA23]

as highland dancers we're supposed to be the physical embodiment of the music... no bagpipes= no highland dance... and the pipers tap their feet 1. to keep a steady beat (one of the hardest things about piping for dancers) and 2. to help those who have trouble dancing to a live piper find the beat... I'd think twice before complaining if I were you.

Every championship I've ever heard of uses a live piper so you're going to have to get used to it.

[thepiper84]

Yep, you dancer are a tough lot to please ;) but it's all part of the fun. Female dancers tend to be hotties, so i don't mind playing for them :)

[millimallinson]

EW please tell me thats not what pipers think when the watch us dance!

[isabiker09]

that dance is my favourite andd blue bonnets to!! highland dancer here !

[KATIEJOx94]

good dance.

Im a dancer/ drummer and i helped set up the stage for the games! whoooo. lol

[frosses102]

haha u freak

that is well shamful

[CliqueGirlzFan4Ever1]

I JUST turned premier and I ALREADY got the aggraget. It was awsome. I have only been competing for 2 and a half years.I LOVE the jig!!!

[xxmangoxxsunniexx]

what the hell are they wearing? I come frm NZ and we were whight dresses with pleats and green capes over top.-this is in highland irish dancing by the way.

[dancer4jc22]

there is a lot of variety in the jig costumes...yes, the white dresses is one option, but in the US girls tend to were red or green dresses and a "corset" according to SOBHD rules, there are very few regulations regarding jig costuming, allowing for more creativity (something that we scottish dances often don't get a lot of)

[NeverMindBird]

Hi!

I'm a beginner, and someone sewed me a blouse and a slip for dance. The blouse is a peasant blouse, but I figured it wouldn't matter since I'm a pre-premier dancer. However the sleeves aren't quite to my elbows. Does it matter? Also, the sleeves have small frills on them. Does it matter? I could tuck them in.

[markoj34]

nice feet by the way... :)

[markoj34]

I went to dancing as well. So did my sisters. A lot of people say they've been "dancing since two". A lot of times it only means they've been there or thereabouts at that age. Going to festivals, etc,etc.

My sister just jumped up and down at that age.

[slushee08]

c her at da end ats me xx

[missjellytots92]

thats me

[goatinatree]

lol

[bongiornoprincipessa]

No, it's not. Coming from an Irish dancer, it's not condescending at all. It's just the name of a dance. It's meant to refer to an angry Irish woman after children trod on her fresh laundry. Please. Respect this beautiful form of dance.

[valerie374]

I do respect all forms of Scottish dance, but why does this dance have to be about an Irish woman? (By the way, I hadn't heard about her laundry being stepped on. I also heard it was about a woman angry because her husband was out drinking all night, which is of course the more loathsome ethnic stereotype.)

[missjane54]

I've never heard the drunk husband version, but loathsome ethnic stereotype??? I know of several Irish drunkards in the family tree; that's the way it was and stereotype had nothing to do with it.

[HeartChew]

i heard, she was angry because pigs escaped the pen and tore through her clean laundry.

[Ponylover11441]

Hi im a highland dancer to im in Preimer. i am 10. Can anyone respond?? I luv the jig i also luv the hornpipe! i have been doing highland since i was about 2.

[highlnddancer17]

so i work with 2 year olds, there is no way you started when you were two...three at the youngest

[missjane54]

I'm with you on this one. My son started dancing when he was three and even then it was a long haul. It would have been better if we had waited a little longer and he would have progressed more quickly, as he didn't start competing until he was six. This was in 1981 when it was the Baby Class, Beginner, Intermediate, etc. He's now 33 and a Marine Corps helicoper pilot, LOL, but he still remembers the Fling!

[CelticGirlNo1]

Hi i am a preimer dancer too. I luv jig and hornpipe as well. Do u compete in Colorado bc if so i might know you

[SuPrEChIcK11]

in the break step the girl on the right is only doing 1 heel beat when she is meant to be doing 2 she can get dsqualified for that!!!!!

[Highlanddancer121XxX]

Im A Highland Dancer && Just Starting To Learn That Jigg Its The Hardest Dance If Had To Learn So Far && Use Danced It Beautifuly Use Shld Be Proud Well Done <3XxX

[moroaica]

Уж явно не айриш))))

[thepiper84]

Many times i've had to pipe for irish dances.

That's why i'd rather do it for highland dancing less complications.

[dancer4jc22]

I respect any piper who plays for competition...it's long, grueling, and we dancers are a tough group to please...kuddos to you!

p.s. i had to play the jig on the flute...idk if its as hard as the bagpipes, but i can totally see why that tune would be difficult.

[angellleyes]

IT IS SCOTISH @#%$

[PofMovie]

Has this dance a meaning? Who knows and could explain me it?Thank you very much!

[SpikeLiz]

It's about an Irish maid, who is angry at her husband and at things in general (come on, we're Irish we can be angry at anything ;) So that is why there is so much stomping and angry facial expressions are used to show her distain. Hope that helps!

[PofMovie]

Thank you very much!

[CelticGirlNo1]

I never heard about the husband one. The one i heard was that a Irish washer woman went to do laundery and when she came back some one had stole it.

[Celtefan]

This jig called Paddys leather breeches should be danced as a quarrel between a man and a woman. It tells the story of an Irish washerwoman very displeased because her husband, supposed to buy some soap to wash his clothes, came back home late after spending all the money of the family in the local pub. To get ones revenge she neglected her washing causing the shrinkage of his clothes ;-)

[Angie2343]

Very good explanation.

[Wishyouwerehere080]

I'm an irish dancer and in our dance recitle we always have highland dancers. for some reason we don't click. anyways, they did this dance one year. and everyone was maing fun of them like, "hahah, irish jig yeah right." I love this dance. it looks so much fun and I'd love to learn it. I'm actually looking into starting highland dance and quitting irish dance. I'm really bored in it

[cookiemonstermmmlove]

Thats funny cause the jig was made to make fun of the Irish temper. So its funny that Irish step dancers would make fun of how someones making fun of them. lol

[TheFlashFash]

This is one of the most fun dances to do and you can use the most expression, and mock the irish... (our studio teaches both so just a joke...) A comment for the New Zealand dancers: Yes it is very different to ours, but you guys have the coolest jig and hornpipe so muich fun to watch and try learn. Danced with a few NZ dancers last year at the EMT and they taught us bits.

[alcogol2]

A Scottish friend told me that a Scotsman is an Irishman that can swim

[orangejuic]

Ha! Lol

[3tangle3]

Brilliantly sums up how the scots culture actually got to modern day Scotland haha

[tdftlow]

Theres a distinctive difference between Irish and Scottish. Major point would be Irish are stiff as a board while the Scottish dances have the arms move. Foot work though seems very Irish

[scottdancer94]

what I tell people is that irish dance is more like tap while highland is more like ballet. not the same though!

[highlanddancer36]

great job! do you compete lots?

[pinewood27]

is this scottish or irish

[FeisGirl]

its highland (scottish) but its called the irish jig, it can be confusing but its definetly highland, irish dance is not usually done to bagpipes

[CelticGirlNo1]

Scottish dancing

[xfakesmile]

i love the jig. :) this is so different from the style of jig that we do in new zealand...haha it's so weird. still neat though. :)

[TheFlashFash]

It is very different, but you guys have the coolest jig and hornpipe so muich fun to watch and try learn. Danced with a few NZ dancers last year at the EMT and they taught us bits.

[TheFlashFash]

It is very different, but you guys have the coolest jig and hornpipe so muich fun to watch and try learn. Danced with a few NZ dancers last year at the EMT and they taught us bits.

[LunaLovegood22]

I love how the scottish encorperate stories into there dances, very different from Irish, but it has a feel of it's own. I love both Irish and Scottish dance!

[neojupiter]

wow.. i do both Irish dance and Highland dance, AND WOW PEOPLE...stop being ignorant, (those who have been complaining and whining) .. its JUST a character dance done in highland dance competitions... its just a dance done to jig music.....CHILL OUT PEOPLE!!!

[highlnddancer17]

dude, yes it is scottish dancing...but it is called the irish jig...why? i dunno, some say that they are making fun of the irish, who knows? i just do the dance and have fun!

[choicesintent]

@highlnddancer17

This is not (Scottish)..this is an Irish Jig..(I am Celtic) but I was born and bred in Scotland of Irish background..I was also a Scottish & World Champion Highland dancer competing at the highland games; in those games we also did the Irish Jig, which is what you see here..hope this clarifys your querie

[seonidh]

@choicesintent actually it is scottish and its a sean treus dance, just because they wear tap shoes does not make it irish. Step dancing spread to the british isles from france in the early 18th century its just another style of dance.

[Calengela]

@seonidh It is Scottish, there isn't anything Irish in it at all. Who ever named it 'Irish Jig' is either sadly mistaken or just another revisionist from Ireland probably.

[Calengela]

@choicesintent Celtic is a linguistic term first coined by English linguist Edward Lhuyd in 1707, it only gained popularity in the 1800s, then the term was hi-jacked by Irish republicans in the early 1900s to make it into an ethnic term (which it's not) aided by Irish myth makers like W.H Grattan floods and Henry Sarks, who's works have since been debunked.

Thanks to the seminal works of Simon James (1999) and Brian Sykes (2006) the Celt term is now understood for the romantic idiocy that it is.

[clubpenguincheche785]

@highlnddancer17 no they are not making fun of the irish irish and scottish have alot of similarities

[clubpenguincheche785]

@highlnddancer17 no they are not making fun of the irish irish and scottish have alot of similarities ! :D

[Calengela]

@clubpenguincheche785 No they don't, it's only Plastic Paddies and other Yankee American people who believe that.

In actual reality though, the Scots are about as similar to the Irish as they are to the English, which isn't a lot.

[missbosslady23]

Bagpipe music is Scottish.

[chanel77love]

i like the jig shoes there so fun i just hate danceing the jig

[ColCol7391]

hahaha i do irish step dance and i love how this isn't anything like a jig in irish dance.

funny scots

[scottishlassie05]

Excuse me?.

[ColCol7391]

the dance is called an irish jig, but in irish dance our jigs look nothing like this lol

[zoopy82]

Yeah, most highland dancers do realise that! *eyeroll*

[ColCol7391]

than why is it called an irish jig? wackkkk

and we call them hardshoes

[kekelay]

I would just like to add that the Scottish know thats nothing like the Irish Jig its actually much harder and unlike for the Irish its not one of the first dances the Scottish learn. It's called the irish jig because its a story of an irish washer woman and the actions and steps tell her story, not that the Scottish are trying to be irish or anything like that.

[highlanddancer1313]

I take highland dance. Irish jig ISN'T Meant to look anything like irish dance. The name simply means that there are a couple of SIMILIAR moves. Th earms are all scottish

[ickleblueger]

what group is? and what comp? uk or other?

[ickleblueger]

what level of dancing is this? and what comp? uk or other?

[RasberryWater]

TURN YOUR SUPPORTING FOOT OUT!!!

[TinkerBell847]

that dance is a pain in tha ass 2 do

[HaldirOfLorien]

Maybe it's because I've never learned this before, but that looks really hard! Very nice... :o

[epink12]

your right, its hard to do well lol

[raymanANDsheep]

wonderful!!

[socalorange03]

Turn out that supporting foot on the second step!