Style of Clog dancing

Although we have heard much about “Clogging” as a specific dance, but to perform it no particular style has been crystallized. There are many clog dancing styles surviving in various parts of the world. There is a vast difference between the styles followed by the west and the east. To point out, the California cloggers dance in unison following the "precision" style of clogging while in the southeast people practice improvisation.

Here is a list of various identified and most common Clog dance styles:

BUCK- Much older than the clog dance, Buck is characterized with the double taps. The Buck Clog dancer performs basic clogging along with some jury-rigged kicks and mixes. This style requires the cloggers to tap three times per music beat.

FLATFOOT - Flatfoot bears a resemblance to the mountain type of clog dancing. The dancers do not tap on their shoes rather they perform soft shuffles and buck.

IRISH STEP DANCING – Irish people seemed to be more intelligent. They amalgamated various dance styles including the tap, ballet, Irish jig, jazz, and clogging to finally come up with Irish Step Dancing. In this way they enjoyed all flavors at one time. This style of clog dance is practiced by the Riverdance. It has become famous in the America.

PITTER PAT – Pitter Pat reminds me of Peter Panda. However, it has nothing to do with that. Pitter Pat involves dancing in a line. This static dance form reminds one of jazz/tap clogging. The steps in this dance style are very quicker making it tough. This one is even more difficult as compared to the mountain style of clogging.

TAP – Those who love Ballet also love the Tap dance in America. While in clogging dancers stress on their heels and toes, in Tap the stress is laid on toes only. It is also faster like the Pitter Pat. Do you dare to dance?

WALTZ – Those who love slow dances can go for the Waltz. Bearing resemblances with the English and Canadian style, the Waltz is more soothing.