FUN Clogging, Flatfoot, Buck & Contra Dancing - Like NoOne is Watching!

[@margotbronski6847]

Nice to see a man who's not afraid to just get out there and dance all by himself.

[@p123-i9s]

Why is this so riveting? I come back to it again and again.

[@davidj.9587]

same!...

[@pepepepito623]

Well...me too! I can dance! And looking for a blue skirt!

[@tabithadorcas7763]

I've watched this one so many times in the past few years. He is such a good dancer. I love to see a man, who looks like a man, dance and especially like nobody's watching.

[@wayne1955]

Paul is the only one that is dancing in time to the music as far as I'm concerned. I love to watch this kind of dancing. Great job Paul.

[@shilohpeace]

Every dancer in contra is filled with joy though

[@astrialindah2773]

😱 he does that with such ease and effortlessness! Very awesome! He's got a song in his heart and a spring in the step 🙂

[@sharonfields6425]

Hes so content and peaceful out there dancing .Made me smile and wish I could dance the flatfoot.

[@honeybeah8]

He seems to be lost in the music and going with the flow ! great..and thanks for your time and effort with the words..

[@verbaud]

Irish step dancin in the best Appalachian tradition, called Flatfootin'. The Joy of connecting with the music.

[@CheyRey42]

Haha! My coworkers just cringed when I'd break out and start clogging if a good song came on! I'd have to kick my sneakers off though! Guess I just embarrassed them?? I was having fun anyway!!

[@arleneguest9293]

I used to have a pin that said "Warning: CLogger. Subject to bursts of enthusiasm!" I would embarrass my son too.

[@kevinmurtagh3434]

Some people weren’t born with the fun genes.

[@pnnhorton2430]

His dance has a hint of Irish? Love it !

[@BoBeena]

No disrespect to a bit o' squaredancing goodness, but This Guy Is What Dancin' is ALL ABOUT! His musicality is spot on, his posture is gorgeous, and he is truly expressing his art! I'm so glad he put it out there, I'm thrilled you were ready with the camera, and I'm a new fan of Flat-Foot Clogging! Bravo Paul! (Funky Charleston is CRAZY COOL!)

[@Judyp77]

He is fantastic. Soooo smooth and great to that music. Wow!

[@leftyriverfunforlife3411]

They say it takes two to tango , but seems like he rips it just by himself . Bravo !

[@Seestern27]

Fantasic! Greatings from North Germanny ( Baltic Sea )

[@rcaken]

Bloody fantastic Sir, wish I could do that sort of dancing. Keep going, love it.Ken in Lancashire England.

[@kunzklingsor9156]

Classical music guy here, but this was the most contagiously rhythmic music, got off my chair and went at it. Now, love this stuff. What a party. Thank you all.

[@larkatmic]

Damn. That guy is awesome. So effortless. Its gotta be in his blood.

[@p123-i9s]

I think he teaches this kind of dancing. I have seen him on KZbin before.

[@annek1226]

He is a talented guy! That’s quite the workout! Eight minutes of nonstop dancing!

[@chetyoubetya8565]

Now that is actually buck dancing.I have seen so many of these videos where they are just tap dancing.

[@giftedformula507]

Feel-good dancing! Sometimes it looks like he's just skating on ice! God willing, I'm going to dance like that one day!

[@jeanlucscapon]

Fantastic ! Thank you for sharing such stimulating and enjoying times !

[@WendyBWilde]

Yes, a lovely moment in time! Thanks for sharing.

[@anthonydavis7808]

I always wanted to dance like this. This guy is my hero! :)

[@akmediascope]

I LOVE THIS! quite elegant!

[@denjhill]

Best dancer in the room and no one notices. Almost humorous.

[@suzannaschimek9045]

Geeeeee ! Good Goolly !! That guy has fun !!! Dam good dancer !!!!

[@honeylocs2008]

I love this - his independence, his style! A++++++++++

[@ZenMistressNYC]

so smooth, so natural. this was pure joy!!! thank you for posting!!! I've never seen anything this good with my own eyes. you were lucky.

[@lindafields4613]

I can guarantee you that no one of this bunch is having any more fun than he is. I've been smiling ever since he began. I also enjoy watching true old time square dancing being done in the background. This was the was my parents danced.

[@mjtaylor222]

That's actually contra dancing, not square dancing, but they are related so I can see why you would have thought ... but contra is MUCH more fun than squares because you dance with more people in each set!

[@Dathan]

That's so funny...no one gives him a glance. Thanks for sharing.

[@rachelcabahug7581]

Simply the best.

[@rachelcabahug7581]

We don't really understand what to enjoy is really all about contra and clogging&on different dimension

[@avrilhogarth]

I have been watching this for many months and it is so inspirational to me. when I need some tranquility, this is the video I always play. Wish I could meet this guy he works off all his energy in dancing

[@shilohpeace]

Same for me. The video makes me feel better about everything!

[@englewood1971]

I like this guy, when you feel like dancing, dance! No need for a dance partner. Keep on having fun buddy :)

[@morryross7539]

Odessa

[@Silvereagle35744]

i used to see this guy every saturday night in Spruce Pine North Carolina , our gang never got tired ot watching him !

[@quickfoxxes]

Paul is a complete delight to watch. This video is one of my very favorite "spirit lifts," so I thank you for posting more than I can say. Few take the serious time to develop old traditional dancing anymore, and so this example is a wonderful means to perpetuate this dance form. I share it with my classes when I substitute teach. Bless you all. DJ

[@Littlehighwayhomestead]

This was absolutely AMAZING! What extreme talent and a really great video. Thank you for sharing this.

[@teresasierchio9849]

very much like irish dancing,I love it!

[@tomt966]

Irish clogging, flat foot and buck dancing pretty much differ only in the height that the feet are raised

[@ЛарисаБровикова-ф1п]

Браво, браво молодой человек! Спасибо за эмоции! Это супер-класс! Нельзя не заметить сколько вариаций танца Вы показали за эти 8 минут, сколько творческих находок! И всё это с такой лёгкостью и непринуждённостью движений! Надо понимать, что за таким безупречным результатом стоит огромный труд и много времени. Продолжайте радовать ваших поклонников новыми выступлениями! Дальнейших Вам успехов и всех благ! 👍👍👍💯💯💯👌👌👌💥👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉😍

[@tranceontheplanet]

This is amazing. I wish someone would've joined in.

[@stepno]

Great dancing two ways... an artist at solo buckdancing on the leftover floor at the end of a contradance set, while the contradancers dance for and with each other. Like the song says, "enjoy yourself." Wild Asparagus is wonderful. Thanks for the video. I'll have to get to the C'ville weekend next time!

[@mrgalvez11]

Holy cow, this guy is good! He could teach a master class. I'm learning his steps to teach my 5th grade students!

[@krispray]

I wish I could do this! So fantastic! Just love it!

[@cattycassals]

What a good dancer

[@pattilow9104]

Clogging is more modern than the flat-footed style. Clogging is choreographed to a specific song and shoes with metal cleats are worn. Paul is doing free styling. This is also more the kind of music flat-footers dance to. He is awesome, isn't he"

[@wasbasqu01]

I keep coming back to this to watch everyone else!

[@coriphae8116]

Did anyone recognize the old man in a white shirt and violet SKIRT at around 1:17 at the left side? *lol*

[@Ladybug-uf7uh]

You aren't kidding. He has full beard. And he's barefoot.

[@soving]

Haha, purple is definitely not his color.

[@wehvgirlpwr]

Takes a real man to wear a purple skirt! Got admire it!

[@wasbasqu01]

If I return to America, as I have only been once, these are the people that I would like to meet. It seems that if I turned up one evening at a contra dance, l would be welcomed.Heart warming home baking real people having had a hard working week behind them emnjoying themselves. UK was like that in the distant past.I am humbled to watch this

[@gienbot7954]

This brought out my happy; Thankyou, you've made my day brighter.

[@michaelresnick367]

So two points: 1) I decided to learn to clog back when some contra dances still had active and inactive couples. When inactive, there was time to do a little footwork to keep from "standing in a line bored to death" - that is when one didn't cheat by grabbing a swing with a partner or someone in the next set. 2) The bigger point - which surprised me when I learned it - was that there actually is a New England tradition of a bit of stepping. I was told by Ernie Spence (a long. long time Boston area dancer who passed away a few years ago) that there was an unspoken challenge to see if, for instance in the dance Petronella, a person could do a different step every time they went down the hall and back. After this discussion, whenever Ernie saw me coming from the opposite direction he'd throw in a couple of fancy steps, give a mischievous smile and look for a response from me. I still try to get some simple stepping in during a dance, through as the sound gets louder and louder the foot percussion is harder to hear. (Am I showing my age :-) )

[@2326038]

Michael Resnick "(Am I showing my age :-) )"?? Yep, you're at the fun age. :)

[@johnmclaughlin3973]

Just amazing use of a basketball court...!

[@tonydi2]

I can't beleive no one was watching him. he is an amazing dancer...

[@oisint.5953]

I gotta learn how to do this.

[@merrysunshine01]

truly mesmerizing!Couldn't stop watching. Fabulous form

[@UKMike2009]

Dancing for the sheer hell of it! Magic!

[@mjtaylor222]

Very nice! Paul is always fun to watch and a great contra dancer, as well. Thanks for the notes on the special moves.

[@c.f.1222]

That guy is SO GOOD

[@TheSciwriter]

The best I've seen!

[@bellabong8862]

I love this kind of dancing! I grew up an asian in Los Angeles and have missed out!

[@mhbasye]

Love the dancing, and also the music! It would be great to know how to enjoy dancing so much w/o a partner!

[@danf7568]

This is not just skill development, but I assure you this guy is physically fit.

[@Macatac68]

Great to see so many people enjoying themselves where is this, big smiles from South Boston Ma

[@ThePassionOfTheMarc]

Growing up in San Francisco, all I saw was hippies dancing in the park. I wish I was exposed more to this type of dancing, I might have learned how to dance (any style!).

[@lyndafishburn1767]

You can still learn

[@iCEL55]

We have no clue of this style of dancing in Cnada! Wow amazing!

[@shoe2maker]

Go to Cape Breton ... everybody's doin' it.

[@lucky5853]

Oh boy, i'd love to clogg dance but I've got 2 left legs, and that seems to be so much fun !

[@slantsix6344]

This type of dance is huge in the Southern Applacian mountains of NC, TN, VA etc. Clogging or Flat footing was brought by the English and Scotch and Irish settlers.

[@scottishgirl8259]

Slant Six scottish. not scotch, we drink scotch. We are scottish😊 or scotts.😊

[@2326038]

Scottish Girl LOL I caught that too.

[@AuMechanic]

@@scottishgirl8259 That is true but as I understand these were a specific ethnicity called "Scotch Irish" Google it.

[@dr6977]

This dude took it to another level!!!

[@shadoforce]

This was awesome! So glad I got to see it.

[@jmudikun]

That's just beautiful. I love how he dances and the music is live, isn't it?

[@suzanrae3215]

My kind of guy!!!!!!

[@jzwillows]

Spectacular. Thank you!

[@cplhebert]

don't know much about flatfooting or buck dancing, but i watch a ton of it on you tube and paul is by far the best i've seen. he is fun to watch, he very much has his own style and that hard to find in any kind of dancing these days. more videos paul.

[@roncaruso931]

Amazing that no one notices him!! He the best dancer on the floor!!

[@hml3672]

He's good!

[@philwification]

Can't help enjoying everyone enjoying themselves.

[@petersmith1027]

Brilliant great timing simple pleasures

[@funguy4utube]

Smooooth .. bet he coulda been part of the Michael Flatley "Riverdance" group. I bet he could 'Moon Walk' if he wanted to.

[@funguy4utube]

I came back to gawk again … he is amazing … he is 'in the zone" … no effort jus' a floatin'

[@funguy4utube]

I jus keep coming back .. I get such a kick outa this … he is seeming to float .. and I love that he cares not that everyone else is doing the regular dancing … he jus does his thing

[@dianamoody7251]

It reminds me of square dancing. I want to get up and dance a jig. 😉

[@wasbasqu01]

I have been watching this for every week for ages and i am not tiered of it yet

[@shilohpeace]

That is so cute. I love it when I watch it. It never fails to bring a smile to my face.

[@p123-i9s]

wasbasqu01 I discovered it a few days ago and I can't stop watching!

[@shilohpeace]

Please share with your friends! I hope to spread the news of how contra dancing is available to everyone and such joy!

[@p123-i9s]

shilohpeace I have already put it on my playlist on KZbin, along with other favourites!

[@briandunstan3503]

it's nice to see an American enjoying life .and he hasn't even got a gun in his hand,its really refreshing.😁.

[@shegegirl]

Shoooooo, this man's a dancin' genius! He aughta go on America's Got Talent.

[@donepearce]

Now I know where hardstyle shuffle came from.

[@lukella18]

Wonderful! Where did this take place? Presumably somewhere in the USA. Strangely the rest of the dancers left him plenty of space and weren't taking a blind bit of notice of him. The dancers themselves seemed to be enjoying themselves thoroughly, all three generations of them. Looks like a wonderful community to live in. Fascinating!

[@shilohpeace]

Hi Chris. This took place in Charlottesville Virginia, USA. There are contra festivals all over the East coast at different times of the year. It is the most good clean old fashioned genuine fun I have ever had in life and all contra dancers are invited in to dance and you don't really need a partner as everyone switches after each dance. Are you outside of USA?

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

maybe 4 generations...

[@smiffy8364]

Wow, he's good!

[@mexicantester]

yes quite. Excellent. Particularly enjoying 'clearing the snow'.

[@sillyboyrog]

Fantastic !!! I would like to meet this this guy and I`m English :D lol .. Love it !!!

[@krakatoa1200]

I'm from Britain, and no expert but this guy dances so well.

[@davidj.9587]

watch the other dancers also,,over time you will see a pattern

[@MasterMind-cy7md]

This guy is the best guy I've saw. He got it down pact.

[@johnmclaughlin3973]

Kept getting distracted by the group with guys wearing fancy skirts, off to the left of the screen! But you, Paul just keeps chugging along, doesn't he? Fine camera work, too - kept it right on him!

[@shilohpeace]

Thanks John. I was focused on holding that camera as still as I could. I wish I had scanned the entire room to show the hundreds of people dancing but I still love the background dancing that was happening.

[@johnmclaughlin3973]

shilohpeace Real fun. I do wish he'd accepted the offer to dance from that girl, but hey, he was off in his own place!

[@shilohpeace]

John McLaughlin NoooNooooooooo... if he had accepted her offer, I would have never gotten this video. They would have to get in the contra line. Actually, I never realized that she was asking him to dance? Maybe she was asking for the next dance... not sure... :-)

[@mikethetuner]

John McLaughlin I, too, was taken aback a bit at 0:08 and 5:47 for the same reason. Anyway, this would probably not happen in this part of the country (Midwest) because they are very protective of their wood basketball courts and don't like people with hard-sole shoes possible scratching and/or denting the wood.

[@taszio3751]

@@shilohpeace Not only would it have changed the dynamic drastically..but perhaps he is a married man..or has a partner!!! Just a lovely rhythm done with style.

[@teresalacy6338]

i love this guy !!!!!!

[@twiggers23]

captivating xx

[@jkabholat]

Absolutely love it.

[@emiajnava]

He taught beginning Flatfoot dancing at ROMP (River of Music Party) 2012 in Owensboro, KY. I hope he is there again this year. It was great FUN!!!!!

[@marshaway9984]

Absolutely amazing to watch. I'm a squaredancer, but unfortunately never learned clogging or flatfooting!

[@chucklds]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting. This guy should have his own channel !!!

[@toniagarcia3247]

Awesome, so inspiring, gives shy people his confidence.

[@blanchbrook566]

Wow! This guy's great,so graceful.love it

[@deborahmorris6338]

I love him. I’d like to be his partner. Growing up I had a WICKED stepfather(he was so WICKED, he MADE me marry someone I didn’t love, when I was 16 even though I had a fiancé that was in Vietnam) who wouldn’t allow me to go to school dances and I got a whipping when he caught me in my bedroom dancing. So when I finally got away from the WICKED stepfather and the WICKED husband, I went crazy dancing, any kind of dancing. Now I’m 66 and I still love dancing. And if I’m not dancing, I love watching someone else dancing! Please keep on making these videos. By the way, I never saw the fiancé again, but I heard he’s living in Washington state, married (of course) to a woman who had 5 children. He was an orphan, so I suppose he liked that. Thank you for the dance, and for letting me vent. Lol. I’ve never told anyone that story.

[@beshines5253]

Deborah Morris thank you for sharing your story. 💕👍

[@clydedisney6569]

The singer sings; "Enjoy yourself, its later than you think..." At .38 a beautiful blonde daughter of nature asks him to dance. He is too solo this night, wrapped in his thoughts. Enjoy yourself... He never sees her again. She was sent by the Spirit to be the mother of his children who are fated to bring peace to the world, cure cancer, and conquer aging. The song continues; "Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think..." Paul continues his solo dance through time not knowing the pivotal part he has just played...in the Twilight Zone...

[@hkkelli120]

This man is gettin' it!!!! Fantastic dancing!

[@venusvolante9322]

The magic of freestyling in contrast to the choreographed in the bak.