Ian Soutar, Youth and Adult Highland Teacher

Ian has been dancing since 1997 when he first saw the sword dance being performed at the local mall. After a year of Scottish country dance, he entered a lifetime of Highland dance and competed across southern British Columbia and northern Washington. In 2004, he competed in Scotland with the Aberdeen School of Highland Dance.

He leads a deeply artistic lifestyle, and for the past two years has performed and competed with his acapella group, the uOttawa Glee Gees, where his love of singing and dancing finally aligned.

During his Literature studies at uOttawa, one of his favourite professors introduced him to Dance Fusion Studios, and after a year of drop-in classes, he was delighted to join the team teaching Beginner and Beginner-Advanced Highland. Although his graduate studies have kept him from exploring many other kinds of dance, he is looking forward to expanding his horizons in the coming year to get the cross-training that Dance Fusion is famous for!

In his spare time, Ian enjoys sewing, foraging, birdwatching and playing the ukulele.