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Hello, my name is Sammy Jo Brooks and I'm a 24 year old Highland dancer from Corby, Northamptonshire. I dance with a local dance school, Lesley school of Highland dancing. I started dancing when I was 14 years old which is a lot older than most dancers would start. I have competed all around the UK and won many medals and trophies along the way. I have danced at many shows and tattoos including one in Sweden and also the Birmingham military tattoo which took place at the Barclay card arena with over 10,000 people watching. I done this tattoo...

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Is there a perfect time to start dancing? A Versão em português está no final do post!   Yes, the perfect is time is the time you wish.     I know it may sound as a cliché, but there's no perfect time for it, in my opinion. I'm not here to preach a dreamer speech, or to make you believe in a perfect world where everyone who wants to dance can do it. Of course that if you want to be a professional dancer or you have the desire to live exclusively by dance, I recommend you starting early....

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Emanuele Oliveira -

The motivation to keep going: an endless process A versão em português está no final do post   One week existing here...   It's incredible how one day may be different from the other. When you talk about motivation it is a very complicated process indeed. For the last past 10 days I've being studying in ALL my free time. That includes all mealtimes (lunch, dinner, breakfast...), all my transit time to work, listening the audios in the car, or cleaning the house, or playing with Lorenzo...this notebook and the earphone is always beside me. Am I enjoying it? No....

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#HDSophie, #TeamHD, Highland Dancer Ambassador -

My first blog of 2020!!I had a great time at the 2nd UKA Scholarship in Newtonhill last weekend.  The weekend started with us travelling down on Friday night with friends ready for the early start on Saturday. At the Scholarship on Saturday there were three different events, Theory, Workshop and Choreography Dance.  My age group was Junior which was 12 to 15 years which had 46 dancers.  My first event was the a theory paper based on Grade 1 & 2 I had to do some study for this and although I don't know my grade I think it went well.  My second...

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Trent Baker Blog for The Highland Dancer -

My name is Trent Baker and I am a male Highland dancer. Highland dancing has given me confidence and motivation to push myself farther than any other sport that I have participated in before. I have been exposed to many different sports and martial arts, but Highland dancing by far is my passion. I strive to be the best dancer I can possibly be, and my determination and commitment continues to pay off. Highland dancing has also allowed me to meet many wonderful people, forge great friendships through the dancing community, and provided opportunities to travel to a lot of...

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