Buck Dancing

The buck dance, flat footing, hoedown, jigging, sure footing, and stepping are all traditional Appalachian solo dances. These names are often interchanged and dancers do not always agree on their use.

Most of these dances rely on a fiddle player.

Flatfoot dancing is mostly dancing with the feet low-to-the-floor. It is a relaxed style that can make the dance look almost effortless.

Buck dancing was popularized in America by minstrel performers in the late nineteenth century. Now days, many dancing clubs perform buck dance and regular clogging at folk festivals and fairs.