What is Clogging? Clogging is an American folk dance that has its origins in the southern Appalachian mountains of the United States. In the United States, clogging takes two major forms: traditional Appalachian flatfoot dance and precision (or modern) clogging.
Cloggers of the Appalachian flatfoot dance to live music: either string band music of the southern Appalachian mountains, typically featuring fiddle, banjo, and guitar. Precision (or modern) clogging was developed around World War II, and is danced to a variety of music, usually recorded, including rock and country western. Teams of such cloggers tend to wear shoes with jingle taps. The emphasis of precision clogging is on everyone clogging the same step at the same time.
Want an idea of what clogging is? Watch and learn some fundamental clogging steps from various YouTube instructors. Search on YouTube the clogging steps Double Toe Step, Rock Step, and Basic to learn these three fundamental steps of clogging!