![]() ![]() ![]() Later, I learned these styles of percussive dance were different yet related traditions that took hold in the Appalachian region of the United States where Anglo-American and African-American dance forms interacted over time. West Virginia University even offered clogging classes (in which I enrolled as soon as I was a college student). I also saw teams of dancers in flashy costumes kicking their feet up high in competitions. I watched solo dancers off to the side of music jams shuffling their feet on resonant wooden dance boards. Growing up in West Virginia, I attended countless county fairs, folk festivals, and square dances where a variety of dance traditions could be seen. 2017 NEA National Heritage Fellow Thomas Maupin.
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