Appalachian Clogging & Flatfooting

Learn the art of accompanying Southern fiddle music with your feet! Start with basic rhythms and foundational steps. Add accent steps and feel confident while "jamming” with the band. Compare similarities and differences of clogging and flatfooting. Try your footwork in a square dance. Work up a sweat–and a smile. Learn about history and listen to stories during rest breaks. This class is physical and not recommended for those with joint or mobility concerns.

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Emolyn Liden is an artist, musician, and dancer. She grew up in Brasstown, North Carolina and discovered her love of craft at a young age observing the artists in her community. She learned from her mother about raising sheep, natural fiber, and to knit without patterns which led her to spinning and natural dyeing. She designs knitwear inspired by texture and color, teaches people of all ages to knit, and displays her work at craft shows and exhibits. She is a graduate of the Professional Craft program in jewelry at Haywood Community College. She is interested in the cross-section of fiber and metalsmithing, how to create a softness in something structured like metal, and how to create sculptural art with knitting techniques. She has danced with the Cane Creek Cloggers of Chapel Hill; the Green Grass Cloggers of Asheville; Cape Breton step-dancing team, The Twisty Cuffs; and has been a dance instructor for kids in public school and at camps around the country. She regularly performs Appalachian old-time music and teaches at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. Learn more about her work at www.therovingknitter.com and www.lidenhandmade.crevado.com

Local musician, David Liden, will play live music for your weekend of dancing.