Global Roots of Appalachian Mountain Dance

The Center for Appalachian Studies is excited to present a three day symposium, The Global Roots of Appalachian Mountain Dance, March 31-April 2, 2022, which is a free to attend and enjoy.

On campus and in the community Thursday, March 31–Saturday, April 2, 2022. The symposium will include performances, workshops, jams, film screenings and discussion, a keynote panel, and social dances of the diverse traditions that make up the global roots of Appalachian dance. These include West African, Afro-Caribbean, Cherokee, and Irish dance traditions. Additionally, Appalachian dance traditions, such as flatfooting and buckdancing, and their close “cousins,” such as tapping, will be featured to highlight the diversity of contemporary traditions. (Click to visit website)

Tentative Schedule (subject to change)
Thursday, March 31
5-6:30pm: Appalachian Square Dance (in collaboration with the Banff Mountain Film Festival and University Recreation) on Sanford Mall
Jeff Atkins and John Turner calling, music by the Heel Raisers

Friday, April 1
9am, Sign-In, Registration, Outside the Linville Falls Ballroom, PSU
10am, Beginning Flatfoot, Linville Falls, PSU with Rodney Sutton (W)
10:30am, Irish Dance Tunes, Beacon Heights, PSU, with Justin Bridges and Jeremy Wade (W)
11am, From the Archives: Dance Halls in Western North Carolina, Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU, with John Turner and Arvill Scott (FS)
12-1pm, Lunch Break
1pm, Intermediate Flatfoot Dance, Linville Falls, PSU, with Phil Jamison (W)
1:30pm, Square Dances for Parties, Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU, with John Turner (W)
2pm, Beginning Sean Nós Dance, Linville Falls, PSU, with Allison Duvall (W)
3pm, Sound and Sole, Greenbriar Theater, PSU, with filmmaker Cara Hagan (joining virtually) (FS)
4-5:30pm, Keynote Panel: The Global Roots of Appalachian Mountain Dance, Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU, with Bernice Bottchenbaugh, Tommy DeFrantz, Allison Duvall, Phil Jamison, Sherone Price, Aaron Ratcliffe, Khalid Saleem (KP)
5:30pm-7pm, Supper Break
7-9pm, Performance: Dancing through Our Mountains: The Global Roots and Contemporary Traditions of Appalachian Dance, I.G. Greer Auditorium, featuring live music and dancing by Tommy DeFrantz, Allison Duvall, Phil Jamison, Sherone Price, Aaron Ratcliffe, Raven Rock Dancers, Green Grass Cloggers, and more (P)
*Dance jams throughout the day in PSU*

Saturday, April 2
9am, Sign-In/Registration, Outside the Parkway Ballroom, PSU
10am, Early African-American Dance, Parkway Ballroom, PSU, with Tommy DeFrantz (LD)
10am, excerpts from Hoppin’ Possums: Steps from the Green Grass Cloggers (a film in progress by Leanne E. Smith and M. Chad Smith), Greenbrier Theatre, PSU, with filmmaker Leanne E. Smith (FS)
11am, Intermediate Sean Nós Dance, Parkway Ballroom, PSU, with Allison Duvall (W)
11am, Flatfoot Dance, Florence Thomas Art School, West Jefferson, with Linda Block (W)
11am, North Carolina Appalachian Folklife Apprenticeship, The Jones House Community Center in Boone, with Rodney Sutton and Willard Watson III (LD)
11:30am, Old Time Music for Dancing, Beacon Heights, PSU, with Alex Hooker and Steve Kruger (W)
12:30-1pm, Lunch Break
1pm, Cole Mountain Cloggers, Parkway Ballroom, PSU (LD)
1:30pm, Afro-Caribbean Dance, Beacon Heights, PSU, with Emily Daughtridge (W)
1:30pm, History of Appalachian Dance, Jones House Community Center in Boone, with Phil Jamison (LD)
2pm, Raven Rock Dancers, Parkway Ballroom, PSU (LD)
2pm, Flatfoot Dance, Florence Thomas Art School in West Jefferson, with Madison Shepherd (W)
2:30pm, African Dance, Varsity Gym 208, with Sherone Price (W)
3pm, Green Grass Cloggers, Parkway Ballroom, PSU (LD)
3:30pm, African Drumming, Varsity Gym 208, with Khalid Saleem (W)
4pm, Clogging (Footwork with Square Dance Figures), Parkway Ballroom, PSU, with Aaron Ratcliffe (W)
4:30pm, Irish Music for Dancing, Beacon Heights, PSU, with Justin Wade and Jeremy Bridges (W)
5:30pm-7pm, Supper Break
7pm-9pm, Social Dance, featuring Square, Two-Step, Waltzes, Afro-Caribbean, and Céilí dances, Parkway Ballroom, PSU, called by Phil Jamison, Rodney Sutton, John Turner, Aaron Ratcliffe, Allison Duvall, and others (SD)
*Dance jams throughout the day in PSU*

NOTES:
Workshops and lecture-demonstrations in italics are located off campus
All workshops and lecture-demonstrations and workshops are one hour

KEY:
FS: Film Screening
LD: Lecture Demonstration
P: Performance
PSU: Plemmons Student Union
SD: Social Dance
W: Workshop
Maps and information about locations for events:
Events are located on campus: Sanford Mall, I.G. Greer Auditorium, Varsity Gym, and Plemmons Student Union (PSU); in Boone: the Jones House Community Center; in West Jefferson: Florence Thomas Art School

Campus Map (including Sanford Mall, I.G. Greer Auditorium, Plemmons Student Union, and Varsity Gym): https://maps.appstate.edu/_documents/campus-map-11×8.5-october2019.pdf
Plemmons Student Union Building Map: https://studentunion.appstate.edu/plemmons-student-union-building-map
Downtown Boone http://downtownboonenc.com/ (scroll down for map)
Jones House Community Center website: https://www.joneshouse.org/
Florence Thomas Art School website: https://www.florenceartschool.org/
Information about Parking on Campus: https://parking.appstate.edu/visitors-events