Leela and Ellie Grace--precision a cappella clogging

Leela and Ellie Grace perform an a capella percussive dance piece at the end of a concert in Columbia, MO on June 30, 2007. The routine was choreographed by Ellie. www.gracefamilymusic.com

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• Leela
• Ellie
• Grace
• clogging
• tap
• percussive
• dance

[mande1978]

Absolutely awesome

[Nicoleclog]

Bravo = )

[ruthbibby]

Just because this isn't what YOU recognise as clogging, doesn't mean that it's not clogging. There are many different types of clog dancing, and this is one of them.

[AllRequired]

Now you want them to go Lady Gaga.

[pvcjazzpants]

you girls would of looked better in the shiny black wetlook dance trousers instead of jeans.

[zhudson]

On that note, the Seeger documentary also looks at the hand slapping rhythms used along side flatfooting--pretty cool.

[zhudson]

Hm. On Mike Seeger's documentary "Talking Feet", one of the buck dancers talks about how buck is in the heel and *tap* is all about the *toe*.

[buberrimuffin]

I don't really understand the logic behind heel first = tap... I wish the camera man wasn't an idiot and focused more on the feet. but those "heel first" moves at the front of the video were flat footing which is very much a style of clogging.

[wolfspena]

this is tap it is being done heel first therefore tap.but yes it is done well.

[crazylanea]

It absolutely is clogging. It's not precision clogging with jingle taps--it's a fusion of some Cape Breton and traditional Appalachian styles, but it is clogging, and it's good clogging.