Shot of Scotch Vancouver

About Shot of Scotch Vancouver

Shot of Scotch was first formed in February 2011 in New York City as a venue for experienced, premier level competitive Scottish Highland dancers to continue to dance with the high level of precision they have trained for so many years to acheive. In the fall of 2012, two of the founding members independently moved to Vancouver, BC so Shot of Scotch is now an international group, with one branch established in NYC and a newer branch in Vancouver. Both groups have a primary focus on performance, but also offer some non-competitive highland lessons. Along with a strong technical background, Shot of Scotch Vancouver brings innovation, showmanship, and a love of sharing their passion for highland dancing to every audience they perform for. Under the Artistic Direction of Susan Nase, Shot of Scotch Vancouver strives to create new, exciting, contemporary dance pieces while maintaining a high standard of technique, but also remaining true to the deep Scottish roots of the centuries old art form of Highland dance. Whenever possible, Shot of Scotch Vancouver is thrilled to collaborate with musicians and artists of other disciplines. The dancers all have solid backgrounds in competitive highland dance, and many are teachers, but also have a wide range of skills including Scottish country dance, singing, guitar, fiddle, tap dance, acting etc. that allows exploration far beyond the expected bounds of a Scottish highland dance troupe. Shot of Scotch Vancouver can been seen regularly all across the lower mainland has been invited to perform Internationally, dancing alongside top callibre artists from all across the globe at Tartan Week (New York City, USA 2018), the Nanchang International Military Tattoo (Nanchang, China 2017) and the 8th International Body Music Festival (Paris, France 2016).

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