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Loved this! had fun dancing along at home :-)

I had to google Pas de Basque to check the spelling, and this video was one of the top results. I just had to pop in and lap up some nostalgia, remembering my first Scottish Country Dancing lessons (1970s primary school, Friday mornings in the gym!)

I remember as a small girl doing Scottish dancing at school, Petronella and all that not wishstanding the pas de Basque step whiich got my feet all of a tumble.. following an older sister who was a saint, it seems and i just could not come to grips with this step then (can now) the teacher grabbed me by the arm and threw me the swing doors.. I ran away from school absolutely mortified that I had been thrown through these doors.... \my mother was even more mortified (this was many years ago) and took me by bus to the education committee and explained her daughter should not be abused for having two left feet... she was mortified that throwing a young child through doors.. never forgotten it... I carried on following my perfect sister through my school life and was constantly reinded I was nothing like my sister.. in life Iwas nothing like her either, she was perfect in everrything she did whilst i rumbled my way through and did things and talked to people she would never of dreamt of.. sadly she died very young and we never came to terms that I was never going to be her and she was never going to be me.... I can do the pas de basque step now, sword dancing and even petronella and no i am not Scottish but Scottish dancing was part of the school ciricullem and in the summrt a scottish dancing contest was held amongst the schools in the NE of england.

I wish you had shown what to do with your arms.

Thank you so much for your demonstration/lesson. It's been a huge help, for some reason my feet and my brain felt quite disconnected when I was trying this in my new Scottish dancing class 🙂off to watch your Strathspey steps too.

very nice and accurate harmonising. well done [pity the guitar wasn't tuned so well]

Omg I did Scottish dancing from school and we did one that was jumping over a Lillie wall .. I claws calling it power of bah you have just reminded me - thanks ❤️

Omg I did Scottish dancing from school and we did one that was jumping over a Lillie wall .. I claws calling it power of bah you have just reminded me - thanks ❤️

Why am I not surprised that all of the musicians are white.

Scottish dancing is so basic compared to Irish dancing. Five year olds would be doing much more complicated steps and have more poise.

Hello, could you consider doing a video on the setting step is. this reel? I can't find anyone who knows what it is called. Thank you! ua-cam.com/video/yHZlJqtvN3A/v-deo.html

Thank you 😀

Thank you very Mach 😊

I have only recently started Scottish dancing and found this video very very useful. Love the slow motion, plus multiple points of view but best of all your mirror-images. Thank you Nicola. I hope you have made similar videos on Scottish dance steps ???

Thanks Marion. Your videos help a great deal. I’m a bit of a late starter at 61 I guess. Keep up the good work.

After learning the pas de bas setting step in Scotland at primary school, and then moving to England, I was often told it was wrong. I eventually discovered that school children are taught a 2 beat pas de bas, whereas adults are taught a 4 beat pas de bas - as you demonstrate. I’ve always done it my way, it’s ingrained, and I like it - it suits a faster tempo. So, on the first beat, I simultaneously step slightly to the side on my right foot, with my left foot immediately following in a high heel position. And on the second beat, I simultaneously hop on my right foot while extending my left foot forward as you do. If you count 2 beats to my one beat, the movements are pretty much the same. I really don’t know why some people have a problem with it. Maybe it’s an English thing, as people down here only learn Scottish Country Dancing in clubs as adults. Note: I spell it pas de bas, with a silent “s”, because that’s how I said it in Scotland. Out of interest, do you say “bask” or “bah”?

Thank you, Nicola. Now we need the skip change step, the slip step, and the strathspey travelling step as well as the Highland Schottische and the Glasgow Highlander steps....then we could get into foot changes!!! Etc.etc..etc!.. Keep producing these please.. They are so great for my beginner class to look at between classes . Many thanks, Marion from Canada!

Lovely sound of a no less beautiful melody. Thanks for sharing!

Nicola, I wonder where you learned Scottish dancing, and if you’ve studied at RSCDS in Scotland?

This demonstration has clarified the many questions I've had about pas de basque. I've been doing Scottish dancing since Jan. of this year, 1918, and longing for slow motion and multiple angles of viewing. Excellent and many thanks! I will share with others. I hope Nicola Scott has videos on other Scottish dance steps, also...

thanks Peter! have a great time at the ball!

Many thanks, Nicola. I've been asked to tidy up my footwork here in Singapore for the St Andrew's Ball, so your video has been helpful!

Yeah like that. Our wonderful planet!

What a night! Thanks again for coming down

Pity about the rain, but the music lifted our spirits!

Thanks Benjamin!

w00t!! Nicola!