Their dancing shoes, called ghillies, are worn by Highland dancers. Ghillies are black, flat, soft-soled shoes, said 16-year-old Christy Charles, and they're perfect for the intricate steps Highland ...

A Highland Dance teacher from Huntly has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the King’s New Year’s Honours List. Alison ...

Ten years ago, Beret Dernbach started highland dance lessons at the age of 5 with the starry-eyed dream of one day being the best in the world at the Scottish competition sport. On Aug. 25, her dream ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Around 400 kilt-wearing dancers gathered in Grand Rapids this weekend for the national Scottish Highland dancing championships. The 2016 United States Inter-Regional Championships ...

There was a period in Scottish history, after the Jacobites rose up against King George II, when wearing a kilt or dancing in the Highland style could carry a whiff of sedition. A century later, the ...

Jane Mannion began her Highland dance studio in her basement with 30 students. She finished last month, after four locations and hundreds of students dancing their way through her career. Mannion, 70, ...

The members of the Highland High School dance team don their medals and pose with the championship trophy after being named the 1A state champions at the IHSA Competitive Dance State Finals Saturday ...