Tradition and Composition: Ceilidh Dances

Ceilidh dances are social dances. Many of the dances do not dictate which foot to start on or exactly which steps to use, for example, skip steps or double steps can be used in the same dance, so dancers are free to vary the steps and be expressive, within the structure of the patterns and phrasing. You will see this with the dancers on the Film Clips.

You can download the Film Clips from the video tab at the top of this panel.  There are also audio recordings of the tunes available on the audio tab.