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Research in Cape Breton and Scottish Dance Traditions

  • Home-matsmelin
  • Research
    • Scottish and Cape Breton dance traditions
      • Cape Breton step dancing videos
      • Cape Breton step dancing YouTube videos
    • Research in Angus District, Scotland – STDT 1998-2001
  • Publications
    • Book: One With the Music: Cape Breton Step Dance Tradition and Transmission
    • A Story to Every Dance (2018)
    • Hebridean Step Dancing – Book 2019
  • Lorg-Press
  • Teaching & Training
    • Appointments – Lecturer & Traditional Dance Artist
    • Dance and Ethnochoreology Training
  • Choreography
    • Scottish Social Dances – devised by Mats Melin
    • Elements 2003
    • Generating Heat 2003
    • Vesterled – Northlands Festival 1998
  • Links
    • First Footing
  • News
  • Contact
  • Home-matsmelin
  • Research
    • Scottish and Cape Breton dance traditions
      • Cape Breton step dancing videos
      • Cape Breton step dancing YouTube videos
    • Research in Angus District, Scotland – STDT 1998-2001
  • Publications
    • Book: One With the Music: Cape Breton Step Dance Tradition and Transmission
    • A Story to Every Dance (2018)
    • Hebridean Step Dancing – Book 2019
  • Lorg-Press
  • Teaching & Training
    • Appointments – Lecturer & Traditional Dance Artist
    • Dance and Ethnochoreology Training
  • Choreography
    • Scottish Social Dances – devised by Mats Melin
    • Elements 2003
    • Generating Heat 2003
    • Vesterled – Northlands Festival 1998
  • Links
    • First Footing
  • News
  • Contact

Scottish Social Dances – devised by Mats Melin

Mats Melin has devised a number of Scottish Country and Social dances over the years. Some of them are available below as pdfs for download.

Cormorant Scottish Country Dance Book 1

The Russian Fling Reel R32 4 couple rotating set (1988)

Hogmanay Strathspey S32 – 3 couples (1994)

Gairie Burn R48 3 couples (2003)

QuintReel Sq 5 cpl R5x64 (2003)

St Magnus Reel R64 – 3 couples (2003)

Shapinsay Polka – couple dance (2003)

Queen Mary Two Step – couple dance (2007)

Piper’s Schottische – couple dance (2013)

Stockholm Ceilidh J40 3 couples (2016)

The Drummer and the Dancer R32 3 couples (2017)

Lena of Boisdale’s Waltz (2018)

Loch Anieort Two Step (2019)

The QM2-step (Queen Mary Two-Step) – video

The Piper’s Schottische – video

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