Highlighting different styles of buck dance! 👣 Here is Madison Taylor. #buckdance #flatfoot #clogging #stepdance #seannos | Hillary Klug

Each unique buck dancer has their own unique style! 👣 Martha Spencer 🎶 #buckdance #flatfoot #clogging #seannos #stepdance #oldtime | Hillary Klug

This is Buckdancing. According to tradition, a buck dancer is a musician. My feet are my instrument. I’m not dancing TO the music. I’m part of the band creating the music. #buckdance #flatfoot #oldtime #appalachian #tradition #folkdance | Hillary Klug

Buck Dancing! Buck dancing is rooted in Scottish and English clog dancing which was brought to the Appalachian mountains in the 18th century. Traditional clogging is a step dance that involves wearing shoes with taps, or complete wooden soles, that make a loud percussive sound. The basic step is a double toe shuffle, where the dancer brushes their toe and then heel forward, shifts their weight, rocks onto the other foot, and then steps back. Buck dancing blossomed in Appalachia when settlers ble

Buck dancing in clogging shoes! This is the National Buck Dancing Championship that I got to judge last year at MaupinFest - A Celebration of Old-Time Dance and Music ! #buckdance #flatfoot #clogging #stepdance #tapdance #oldtime #maupinfest | Hillary Klug

Buck Dancing Contest -Junior Division at MaupinFest ‘23 #buckdance #flatfoot #clogging #oldtime Thomas Maupin | Hillary Klug

🦋 Throwback Thursday 🦋 Buck dancing in a brewery January 2018 #fiddle #buckdance #nashville #tennessee #Appalachian #traditional | Hillary Klug

Student and Mentor 👣 This is buck dancing legend, Thomas Maupin 👣 #oldtime #buckdance #flatfoot #appalachian #traditional | Hillary Klug

Each buck dancer has their own unique style. The dance is not standardized or formalized. And so, I’m going to feature different dancers for y’all to see variations of this dance! Starting with Tater Caruthers! #buckdance #flatfoot #clogging #stepdance #seannos East Nash Grass | Hillary Klug