A Scottish country dance (SCD) is a form of social dance involving groups of couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns according to a predetermined choreography. Country dancing is often considered a type of folk dancing but although the dances had their roots here the roots of the dancers were from the more educated and wealthy classes more used to the courtly dances of the Renaissance.
When it first became popular around the 18th century ...
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A Scottish country dance (SCD) is a form of social dance involving groups of couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns according to a predetermined choreography. Country dancing is often considered a type of folk dancing but although the dances had their roots here the roots of the dancers were from the more educated and wealthy classes more used to the courtly dances of the Renaissance.
When it first became popular around the 18th century it was as a shorter, quicker form of dance that was a light relief from the more courtly dances normally danced. Derived from early British forms of Country dancing SCD is related to English country dancing, contra dancing, cèilidh dancing, Old time dancing and Irish set dancing due to the combination of some of these dance forms in early Country dance forms and later cross-over introduced by their overlapping influences via dancers and dance masters.
Scottish country dancing (a social form of dance with three or more couples of dancers)...
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