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Clog dance

group of dances in clogs

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ5134885 ↗
Source-derived summary

A clog dance is performed whilst wearing clogs. The rigid nature of the clogs and their percussive sound when dancing on a hard surface has given rise to a number of distinct styles, including the following:

Clog dancing, a Welsh and Northern English step dance danced in clogs.

Welsh stepdance, a style of clog dancing unique to Wales.

Clogging, an American style which is not necessarily danced in clogs.

Klompendansen, a Dutch style of dance.

Morris dance, sometimes danced in clogs.

Tap dance, which developed in part out of clog dancing.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 91-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Clog, dance and group can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as group of dances in clogs. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “Clog dance” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.