Impressive clogging moves! 👣 East Nash Grass 🎻#clogging #buckdance #flatfoot #stepdance #bluegrass #throwbackthursday | Hillary Klug

Tap Dancing to 'Walk the Dinosaur' by Was (Not Was)

#Clogging is a type of #American folk dance with percussive foot-tapping. It has its roots in the dance of the #Irish, #Scottish, #English and #Dutch-#German settlers and it was the social dance in the #Appalachian Mountains as early as the 18th century. Accompanied by rousing fiddle and bluegrass music, clogging was a means of personal expression in a land of newfound freedoms. Here is the performance of Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers with Pete Seeger shot in 1964. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Cloggers in the Blue Ridge Mountains turn rhythm into motion rooted in mountain history. The dance took shape in the 1800s, blending Irish and Scottish step dancing with African American rhythms, refined in Appalachian communities. Performed on wooden floors with hard shoes and steady mountain timing, clogging grew from barn dances, house parties, and front-porch gatherings where fiddle tunes set the pace. Tight, percussive steps—heel-toe snap and syncopation—lock in with banjo, fiddle, and guit

History of Clogging - by Britt