Gaorsach Rapper and Step had their inaugural practice in November 2002. Their formation is almost legendary.... No, no really it is. For those of you who have been living on another planet (as that is clearly the only reason that you wouldn't have heard the story. Either that or you aren't buying us enough beer) it goes something like this.....

Picture the scene - a cold, dark, bleak winter afternoon in deepest Aberdeen in 2002. There's snow on the ground, the wind is howling, and a relocated Pengwynrapper and Blackadderrapper seek shelter in an abandoned building..... (it was a shopping centre actually, but why spoil a good story?). Their eyes met over a display of fluffy bobbles, they got chatting, and having agreed that there was nothing else to do on the long dark Aberdeen nights, Gaorsach Rapper and Step were born.....

This fortunate meeting marked the start of a team that has brought together dancers and musicians both experienced and new, young and old (we won't name names here, we'll let you make your own mind up....). Gaorsach perform rapper dances (traditional and evolved) and clog and step dances from around the world.

Ma Boyles in Liverpool

DERT 2008