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Hello, perhaps you already got the answer to this, but in case not, I will offer my answer based on 25 years of doing and teaching Irish Set Dancing in the US. The Set Dancing referred to here are that suite of dances for 4 couples (or rarely 2, called a Half Set), arranged in a square, that are descended from quadrilles that arose in France in the 1700s and became extremely popular in Europe over the next century and a half. The dances spread to most colonised countries and evolved. In Ireland, they became Set Dancing. Personally, I don't know of any place else where they evolved to have this complicated footwork, other than in Ireland. The Scottish dance you mention, which is also danced in Canada, is the closest I have seen. Irish step dancers also have a form of solo dance with a prescribed "set piece" done to a prescribed tune that they will call "a set dance." This is not related to the style shown here (except that they are both traditional Irish dancing). I just mention it because many people get confused by that. Some people do call solo stepping "battering". As far as I have heard, it used to have many names (or no name at all other than "dancing"). The moniker "sean nós dance" was first applied around 1976, in Connemara, and there is still contention over what different regional styles should be called. In Clare, the footwork is inextricably intertwined with their set dancing tradition. But while many sets are "battered", and that is what everyone now calls it in the context of set dancing, someone doing solo dancing with those same steps might say they are doing sean nós, or Clare style sean nós, or Clare battering stlye sean nós, or Clare battering, or even freestyle. There is not a single universally-accepted term for this type of dancing.

​@@karencski711 Thanks Karen, that’s filled in more pieces of the dancing jigsaw for me! Thanks for explaining the different meanings of “set”, and the use of “battering” which sounded to me like a fight with the floor. There is so much to learn about the evolution of traditional dancing, even today - it’s fascinating. My main confusion is the different terms used by different nations. Even the Americans use "clog dancing" (English step dancing in wooden clogs) to describe tap dance! But I approve of the modern use of the Scottish term Ceilidh dancing for lively English country dancing which I like, as it includes dances from anywhere including Irish variations of a few. As for me, due to a dodgy knee at the age of 79 I’ve now hung up the British wooden clogs that I used for solo step dancing, and now use leather soled shoes. I’m even trying it French style, sitting down! All that matters to me is matching the rhythm of the music in freestyle fashion. Best wishes to you. p.s. If you want a good laugh, search CZcams for "Danny Bhoy's hilarious description of a Scottish Ceilidh dance”. It describes the Orcadian Strip The Willow, from Orkney”, one of my favourite dances.

I wish, Cee! Nerve taps aren't really in my dance vocabulary as I tend to focus mostly on dances from Ireland, but they're a great move and one of these days, I'd love to learn to do them!

@@Siobhanbutler great....thx for your response.Do you know of any tap artists I can look up on here that does that very well??

American Honey they’re called Just Tap, based out of NJ. Wonderfully made custom shoes - couldn’t recommend them more! www.justtap.com