With folk dancers from Taiwan, Trinidad, Romania, Russia and other far-flung places performing at Folkmoot, it might be easy to overlook the fact that southern Appalachia has its own dance custom to ...

Forget high-end studios and top dollar instructions. Carla Gover honed her dancing skills at square dances in the mountains. As a young girl, she’d "shuffle, step, toe, step" to the fast-paced rhythm ...

The tapping of clogs on Brazilian cherry wood resonated through the 200-year-old converted barn on a recent evening. Cloggers, some wearing overalls and bandanas, gathered in a circle, tightly ...

Clickety-clack . . . heel and toe . . . stomp, stamp . . . The back area of Brevard’s Jim Bob Tinsley Museum rings with sounds from eight dancing shoes. A teacher faces three students wreathed in ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The lineup for the annual Dogwood Arts Festival has been released. Artists from across the region are set to perform, including everything from K-pop and steel bands to ...

GRANITE FALLS — The Appalachian Rhythm Clogging and Dance Studio opened its second location on South Main Street, downtown Granite Falls, on Saturday, Aug. 17. The grand opening event ran from 11 a.m.

AMORY – Even during conversation, they couldn’t stand still. The sound of metal clanking against the wooden stage was even louder than the speakers blasting a wide range of genres. Though it seemed as ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gympie. Followed categories will be added to My News. It's a true American folk dance with roots buried deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. In the mid ...

In typical melting-pot fashion, the stomps, steps, clanks and taps of the American folk dance called clogging are not really American at all. The jigs are from Ireland and Scotland, and the high kicks ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Forget high-end studios and top dollar instructions. Carla Gover honed her dancing skills at square dances in the mountains. As a young girl, she’d “shuffle, step, toe, step” to ...