Preview and download Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland Annual Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 here. Alternatively, click the download button by scrolling to the end of this resource page. Enjoy our five-page booklet featuring 20 highlights of our activities for the period April 2024 and March 2025. See the first page below, or view, … Continued

Enjoy 20 highlights from the range of Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland (TDFS) activities, including festivals, productions and residencies, we initiated and curated over the twelve months from April 2024 until March 2025. Preview them at a glance in the latest of our series of Highlights booklets, free and downloadable to all.  

Exhibition Review by Catherine Coutts     Do I really want to go to see an exhibition about masks? At the start of the decade, masks (the ugly type with elastic bands, which cannot be recycled and were often to be found littering almost everywhere) were a topic of significant discussion. How effective and necessary were … Continued

We are delighted that this year’s Pomegranates Festival (25-30 April 2025) is themed around traditional dance and intangible cultural heritage, especially at a time when Scots are soon to be invited to nominate their favourite traditions to be included on an official living heritage list. Later this year, submissions for the list will be encouraged from all sectors … Continued

In the lead-up to this year’s Pomegranates Festival of traditional dance (25-30 April 2025), we, at the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland are celebrating Scottish traditional dance alongside world traditional dance practised by New Scots and cultural migrant communities across Scotland, with two more Ceilidh Plus nights on 21 March and 26 April in Edinburgh. … Continued

  Click here https://www.tdfs.org/trad-dance-cast/ to listen  To celebrate Women’s History Month, the Pomegranates Festival (25-30 April) is launching a new podcast episode highlighting the role of women in traditional dance. Released on 8 March to mark International Women’s Day, the episode features dance researcher and new Scot Alena Shmakova discussing her work on dance history in … Continued

The Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland is delighted to announce full details of our fourth Pomegranates Festival which will run from Friday 25 to Wednesday 30 April 2025 at various venues across Edinburgh. The Pomegranates Festival in partnership with TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) and Moray House School of Education and Sport, at the … Continued

Following our recent Get People Dancing initiative, we are pleased to encourage all our members to join the new nationwide Let’s Dance campaign spearheaded by Angela Rippon, CBE. Following her success on Strictly and reaping the benefits of regular dance, Angela is on a mission to get more people dancing on Sunday 2 March 2025! We would be pleased to highlight all the traditional dance activities … Continued

What is the most stylish and sustainable way to celebrate our 10th anniversary? We started with Ten out of Ten – a series of events with traditional dance roots across Edinburgh in autumn 2024 highlighting the diversity and breadth of activities by our 200+ members. Then we were invited to be the national charity of … Continued

Reflections by Xiaoxuan Zhong Participating in the first-ever Ceilidh Plus was a vibrant and enriching experience that included traditional Scottish Ceilidh dancing, Chinese square dancing and American line dancing. From the moment I stepped onto the dance floor, I felt an energetic and enthusiastic atmosphere. The lively Ceilidh music set the tone for the event, … Continued