Girl and boy performing the 'Gille Chaluim' Scottish sword dance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Scottish Sword Dance - 42nd Royal Highlanders

Scottish Sword Dance competition during 2023 Stonehaven Highland Games in Scotland

Scottish Sword Dance display by young Highland Dancers during Pitlochry Highland Nights July 2022

Scottish sword dance at Stonehaven feein' market 2017

Scottish Sword Dance competition during 2018 Braemar Gathering in Scotland

A young competitor in the Sword Dance, Scottish Highland dance heats during the 2023 Drumtochty Highland Games. These were held in the grounds of Drumtochty Castle at Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Saturday 24th June 2023. The Sword Dance or 'Ghillie Callum' is an ancient dance of war of the Scottish Gael, said to date back to King Malcolm Canmore (Shakespear’s MacBeth) and also danced by warriors prior to battle. It requires a great deel of concentration on foot placement and you can

Scottish Sword Dance competition during 2022 Drumtochty Highland Games in Aberdeenshire

Competitors in the Scottish Sword dance at the 2024 Braemar Junior Highland Games in Deeside