19th. century would have the judges sit behind a screen or under the dance floor, judging the sounds rather than the body movements of the dancers. Originally this dance was performed in wooden shoes called clogs, but later would be performed in wooden soled shoes. During the 1760s' clog dancing would find it's way to the Appalacian Mountan Area's thru the immagrant's who migrated there. Thru this diversification of dance cultures mixing, the American Clog dance (aka: Hillbily Tap Dance) would be born becoming a part of many American dance forms. Minstrel clog dancers would soon become Tap dancers in the early 1900's and Master Juba would be the King of them all. For several decades Tap and clog would flourish successfully together. The clog dance almost came to oblivion because of the mixing of the Clog and Shuffle dances of the African- Americans (today known as Tap) by the end of the 19th. century. When George H. Primrose danced the clog without the wooden soles he invented the Soft-Shoe routine. Barney Williams was the first professional clog dancer to come to the U.S. in 1840. The first professional dancers (troupe) in the U.S. were the Irish Clog Dancers (traced to pre-Christian Ireland). These dancers that followed were called "Song and Dance Men" in the Minstrel-Vaudeville shows. Kitty O'Neal is said to be the first American female clog dancer. In 1866, the Black Crook, considered to be the first musical, featured Minstrel and Clog dancers who danced very stiffly and gave rise to the term Pedestal dancer. In 1902 at the New York Theater Roof , Ned Wayburn created a theatre play called "Minstrel Misses " and it is said was here he coined the term "Tap and Step dance " in this musical play. This was the first time these names had been used professionally. The misses used light clogs with split wooden soles because aluminum heel and toes taps did not appear till a decade later. The Pedestal dancer would climb upon a marbled or gilded pedestal (24 inch base) and basically clog or Tap out a routine while posing as motionless as a statue. Henry E. Dixey who used to whitewash himself, was one such dancer that was known as a Pedestal dancer, he would be presented to the stage as a statue on a pedestal in the likes of Apollo or Discobulos. When the curtains parted he would start clog dancing on the pedestal in a statue like motion, only moving the feet and legs.
Lancashire
?1600s?
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Folk / Solo
Clog Dance (Hanson)
Dickie Rogers' Pedestal Clog
Fred Wilson's Clog
Pedestal, The
Tableau Clog
Turkey in the Straw
Appalachian & Ozark Mountains
Ireland
1898 - Clog Dancing (Burns)
1866 - The Black Crook
1898 - Scotch Reel
2/20/1879 - San Francisco Minstrels (Hayle & Pickert)
1898 - Sailor's Hornpipe
1898 - Irish Jig
1923 - Topsy and Eva (Gehue)
1929 - Marking Time (Pat Rooney jr.)
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8/25/1941 - Life Magazine
Arkansas Traveler
Dixie
Lancashire Clog
Soft Shoe
Breakdown
Folk Dance
Old Paul Jones
Tap
Buck Dance
Gigue / Jig
Pigeon Wing
Volta
Captain Jinks
HornPipe
Reels
Waltz Clog (3/4)
Celtic Clog
Juba Dance
Round Dance
Yankee Doodle
Contredanse
Jump Jim Crow
Shim Sham
Virginia Reels
Strathspey
Walk Around
Blue Stocking Clog
Early Morn (L) Clog
Lady Templeton's
Nightingale
Blue Violet Clog
Empress Clog
Larry O'niel's Clog
Novelty (L) Clog
Bob Taylor's Clog
Fagan and Fenton's
Lee's Double Clog
Old Ironsides (L)
Bonnie Annie Clog
Fishermans' Frolic (L)
Lotus Club (L) Clog
On the Road
Cameron's Favorite (L)
Flee As A Bird (L)
Louisville Clog
Remembrance of Dublin
Fly By Night (L)
Minnie Foster's Clog
Skip-Rope Clog
Cincinnati (L) Clog
Gray's Opera House
Minstrels' fancy
Souvenir (L) Clog
City Life Clog
Great Western (L)
Money in Advance
Statue Clog
Dick Carrol's Clog
Jennings' Champion
Muncie's Favorite (L)
Tammany Ring Clog
Dickie Rogers' Pedestal
Johnnie Queen's
New Orleans (L)
The Monarch Clog
Barney Fagan
James Cornning (1910)
Barny Williams
Johnny Diamond
Bascom Lamar (1920)
Kitty O'Neal (1800's)
Billy Woods & Sons
Master Juba
Bojangles (Waltz Clog)
Mayme Gehue (Topsy & Eva)
Burns, Mr.
Ratus
Carolina Cloggers (1950s)
Thomas Dan Rice
Dick Pelham
Willie Covan (1910s)
Hayle & Pickert
Zip Coon
Henry E. Dixey
Jig, clog, and breakdown dancing made easy
James, E.
1873
Clog Dancing Made Easy
Tucker, Henry
1874
De Witt
The Clog Dance Book
Frost, Helen
1921
Barnes and Noble
Tap Caper and Clog
1931
Cowboy Dances
Shaw, Lloyd
1939
Concerning Clogs
Dobson, Bob
1974
Dalesman publishing
Banjo
Flute
Morris
Settlements
Barn Dance
Folk
Puritan
'Split Clog' tap shoes
Country
Gigue
Ritual
Square Dance
English
Jingle taps
Tavern
- The basic clogging step is a two-tap movement (or double toe). To execute a double toe, quickly brush the ball of the foot fwd. and back (snap kicking forward from the knee, then allowing the leg to fall back) which should make two 'tap-tap' sounds. The basic clog step consists of 'Double toe step, Rock-Step, Left, Right, Left'.
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