Welcome to the web site of the Ballochleam Highland Dancers, Scotland. Our site is continually being updated so please visit our site regularly. You are also invited to viewour other web site www.highlanddancers.co.uk

 

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The Ballochleam Highland Dancers are a performing Highland Dance group, with there roots in the Gillian Whitelaw school of Highland Dancing. The group name is derived from a spout ( small waterfall) in the Fintry Hills near Stirling, close to where the dance school is based. Ballochleam dancers are the only Scottish Highland Dance Company to offer such a wide selection of performance entertainment to hire for all occasions at any event worldwide.

With many of the dancers trained in traditional highland, hebridean, national, scottishstep dancing, as well as ballet, jazz and tap dance. The repertoire consists of many traditional dances, and new ones choreographed by the group's principal tutor Gillian Whitelaw. These new dances are based on traditional steps, but instead of being solo performances,they are composed for large groups, Examples of these include " Carronlea Circle"- a celebration of Falkirk's industrial past, " Celtic Connections", "Tainan Reel" and "Kinnaird to Lorient"- dances composed for some of the festivals of these names. Our Highland Dancers have performed at the highest levels of Highland Dancing Competitions and Highland Games all over Scotland and further a field.

Many of the dancers from the Gillian Whitelaw school of highland dance have successfully achieved major championship titles including Scottish, British National, British Open Professional, City of Edinburgh and Dundee Champions. Ballochleam Dancers competed in the World Folklore Competition in Majorca and won second and third place in the children's section of the competition.

 

You can hire our Highland Dancers in traditional , medievil, or contemporary outfits designed and made by principal teacher and coach Gillian Whitelaw complete with a variety of musicians including accordion, fiddles, keyboards, and ceilidh bands with or without Highland Bagpipes.

On the following pages you will find all the necessary information to make your event extra special. No event is too larger or too small for Ballochleam Dancers to perform. Our Highland Dancers have a wealth of experience performing for as little as 30 people at a corporate function and up to 30,000 at the Rock and Blues festival 2005. 

Give your guests an unforgetable experience wether for a wedding, corporate function, ceilidh , burns night or a celtic or international festival hire the Ballochleam Highland Dancers and have your guests talking about your event for years to come.

Our dancers recently appeared on ITV Ant and Dec Christmas Special( 2005), GMTV New Year Show ( 2007) and most recently for a wedding for the Jeremy Kyle Show (2008) and at the rock star " Sting's" 57th birthday bash ( Oct 2008 ).

We are continually updating the website with more details of our Highland Dancers.

Contact Details:   

Tel/ Fax : (00 44) 01324 554462 Mobile : (00 44) 07891549467

email: saorsa-dansa@blueyonder.co.uk

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email: info@ballochleamdancers.com

 

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