In the Bay Area, our nearest mountain range is the Sierra Nevada, not the Appalachian Mountains. But a traditional form of dance rooted in the Appalachians found its way west, probably with the Gold ...

Gena Jepsen likes to clog. Not sinks or freeways, but dance floors with her students at Step 2 This Dance and Performing Arts in Oakley. With taps on shoes (toes and heels) and an upbeat tune in the ...

NEW BERLIN -- It's a form of dance that originated from Scots-Irish and European descent, known for its foot-stomping, clicking, tapping and shuffling to music. The Cloverleaf Cloggers have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

So what does African-American stepping have to do with Appalachian clogging? Last year Ann Carter set out to prove that her clogging group, the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, could groove with an ...

“If they are willing to learn, I am willing to teach.” – That’s the philosophy the master clogger adopted from one of his dancing idols. These days he’s wondering how to get more young people ...

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 ...