Focus: Scottish Traditional Music engages methods from ethnomusicology, popular music
studies, cultural studies, and media studies to explain how complex Scottish identities and …

Cape Breton step dancing is the regional label, given to the vernacular form of percussive
step dance found in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Whether improvised or …

This article briefly outlines the migration of percussive step dancing to Cape Breton Island
from the Scottish Highlands in the 19th century and the introduction of this dance genre to …

Square dancing forms a vibrant part of the traditional music scene in Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia. In addition to the weekly West Mabou square dance, monthly dances and occasional …

Dance Legacies of Scotland compiles a collage of references portraying percussive Scottish
dancing and explains what influenced a wide disappearance of hard-shoe steps from …

Abstract In Cape Breton traditional dance fiddling, the intimate rhythmic relationship
between fiddle and feet yields smooth transitions from one tune type to another in order to …

Thoughts on where Scottish Traditional dancing is at in 2006. Traditions are forever
changing and evolving but I see the pace of this change accelerating. The processes of …