Turn Up your BASIC w/ a FLANGE (Beginner Appalachian Clogging dance tutorial)

This Appalachian clogging tutorial teaches the Flange Basic, a step that any beginner who knows how to do a Basic is ready to learn. A "flange" is somewhat reminiscent of a "cut" in Irish dance. However, a flange does not have the same technique and therefore has a different look and feel.

The components of a flange are a "rock" and a "step." Jump back onto your ball tap while your free leg bends at the knee to kick to the side across your body, in front of the leg you are falling back on. The free leg is loose and the foot is not pointed. Then step down with the free leg, transferring weight.

A Flange Basic has the same components and sounds as a Basic. It just has a different feel with the jump into the rock and a different flair. The jumping back onto the ball has a similar feeling to the Double Toe Drop.

Flange Basic:
Shuffle step, rock (flange), step

In Big John, choreographed by Sheila Graziano, the sequence with a Flange Basic is as follows:
Basic (R),
Flange Basic (L),
Turning Sidestep (R, 360°)

Check out my other tutorials here:
   • Learn to Clog: individual clogging steps  

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