Appalachian Clogging / Flatfooting Workshops

Flatfooting is a percussive dance style derived from the clogging of Scotch-Irish immigrants in and around the Appalachian mountains, blended with influences from the Africans and Cherokee Indians in that region. It is usually done to "old-time" mountain music.  While definitions vary, flatfooting is often distinguished from performance or competition clogging in that it is more free-form, individualized, and less choreographed.

• Diane has been an avid free-style flatfooter in her kitchen and on the dance floor for over 20 years.  In workshops, lesson series, and impromptu jams, she loves sharing this high-energy dance form that enables the dancer to "play" with the band.

• Highly-skilled teaching enables all participants to enjoy immediate success as well as take home skills to work on over time.

• Single workshop, lesson series over several weeks, or week-long intensive workshop.

• Kids or adults.

• Beginning or intermediate levels.