{"id":11414,"date":"2026-11-02T07:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=11414"},"modified":"2026-11-02T07:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:47:24","slug":"mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2026-deiseil-dancing-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2026-deiseil-dancing-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2026: Deiseil: Dancing in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Deiseil: Dancing in Time<\/strong> who has \/ have been nominated in Original Work of the Year sponsored Musicians\u2019 Union in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2026. Vote for Deiseil: Dancing in Time now!<\/a><\/strong> It’s going to be another great night at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 5th December in Paisley Arena, Lagoon Centre. Why not join us for a brilliant night of music and awards. Buy a ticket here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We asked Alison of Deiseil: Dancing in Time<\/strong> the following questions.<\/p>\n

Tell us about yourself<\/strong>
\nDeiseil: Dancing in Time is a love letter to stepdance in the form of a theatre show created by dancer Alison Carlyle, musician Amy Geddes and director Gerry Mulgrew.\u00a0 It's a powerful exploration of how Scotland's percussive dance was lost to us, and how its revival, drawn from Cape Breton Nova Scotia, became woven into a lifelong friendship. Fiddle, feet, song and archive recordings combine to evoke an old-style ceilidh house, with the audience in the round, blurring the lines between performers and participants. Joyful, lively and thought-provoking, the show is an emotional journey to the heart of our heritage enjoyed in over 40 village halls and theatres around Scotland since it premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025.<\/p>\n

Any particular career highlights?<\/strong>
\nOur 2026 Scottish tour has seen the show play to sold-out audiences and standing ovations, including at Celtic Connections, Tradfest and Findhorn Bay Festival. The Scotsman awarded Deiseil: Dancing in Time a 5* theatre review at the Edinburgh Fringe, describing it as "joyful\u2026 tells an important story with the lightest of touches and doesn't put a foot wrong\u201d. It's also been fantastic to see how it has strongly resonated with local audiences in village halls across the country, with many people telling us it's given them new insight into stepdance and Gaelic culture more widely.<\/p>\n

We have been honoured to be joined by many guest artists throughout the tour, including Allan MacDonald and Mary Ann Kennedy (both of whom feature in the recorded audio track to the show) as well as Hamish Moore, Sophie Stephenson, Jayne MacLeod, David Francis, Emily Smith, Stan Chapman, Deirdre Graham, Fin Moore, Sarah Hoy and Mairi Campbell.<\/p>\n

What are your plans for the future?<\/strong>
\nOur hope is that Deiseil: Dancing in Time is a springboard for more people to be aware of this aspect of our culture and to get involved with stepdance and its music. We plan to tour the show again in 2027, connecting with more audiences across Scotland. Through our organisation Deiseil Airson Dannsa we are also developing opportunities for people to learn stepdance and for more dancers and musicians to feel confident in sharing and teaching. It would be great to see people of all ages connect with the joy of stepdance and the music and song. As we say in the show, tha dannsa ceum be\u00f2 \u2013 stepdance is alive!<\/p>\n

Deiseil: Dancing in Time Social Media<\/strong>
\nWebsite: http:\/\/deiseil.scot<\/a>
\nFacebook: @Deiseil Airson Dannsa
\nInstagram: @deiseilairsondannsa<\/p>\n

Listen to music: http:\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2026 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are on the 5th December 2026 in Paisley Arena, Lagoon Centre! You will be able to watch it live in person (buy a ticket here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Hosted by Scottish personalities Alistair Heather and Mary Ann Kennedy, the night will welcome live performances from some of the brightest lights on the thriving trad scene today including Valtos, Gnoss, Sian, F\u00e8is Ph\u00e0islig, Spodo Komodo and BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Rachel Groves and many more!<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians why not become a friend of Hands Up for Trad<\/a><\/strong>. In addition to our high profile events like the Scots Trad Music Awards, we also deliver a less well known, education programme for young people from 8yrs right through to young adults at the start of their careers. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Deiseil: Dancing in Time who has \/ have been nominated in Original Work of the Year sponsored Musicians\u2019 Union in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2026. Vote for Deiseil: Dancing in Time now! It’s going to be another great night at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 5th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nominee-2026","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11415,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11414\/revisions\/11415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}