Natalie MacMaster - Step Dance Extravaganza

Natalie in concert is fabulous!

the fiddler looks like she's having the most fun, moving her feet, fiddling and smiling occasionally, I'd rather watch her although the dancing is nice, I don't like to watch people who don't look like they're having fun on stage.

I LOVE the Cape Breton style... Nothing wrong with competitive dance but it tends to skew the origins a bit Irish dancing did not always look as it does now. The Irish had Sean Nos (sp) which looks similar to Cape Breton. The Scottish Competition form seemed to drop off most of the percussive dance... Thank goodness for Cape Breton keeping it all alive and now Scotland is even working in preserving it again w00t!

Scotch competitive dance is to traditional Scotch stepdancing as River Dance is to traditional Irish stepdancing......showboat stuff. Yes, the showboat stuff is OK but doesn't deserve to supplant the real stuff which gets very showy and complex as well.

Step at 0:42 very nice..........

Close to the floor, baby.

the guy at 0:30 looks kinda like a guy from britian's got talent.. ha!

why dont the dancers smile a little bit and act like they're having fun? they seem to stiff. almost like its painfull

The stiffness is the style of the dance.

You'd rather see that fixed smile that the Highland competitive dancers have? I can guarantee you they're having fun :)