Flat Foot Dancing

Jo Bowis FlatfootingA six week course in Appalachian flat footing and other forms of traditional percussive dance.

Flat footing is a style of improvised percussive dance from the Appalachian mountains in the South-Eastern United States. It is related to many other dance styles such as stepping, clog dancing and modern tap dance.

Over the six weeks, dancers will be taught a number of different steps and will learn how to form their own improvised routines to traditional tunes.

Here’s a video of Jo Bowis’s feet dancing…

Here’s a nice video of Jo and everyone throwing down some moves in the bar after a class (apologies for the sound quality)…

And here’s some of the graduate students…