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Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Pat Cannon's Foot & Fiddle Dance Co. presents American dance in creative new ways, in a dazzling blend of clogging, tap, Irish step dance, lindy hop, square dance and rock 'n' roll. Foot & Fiddle takes traditional American dance, retains its authenticity and gives it a contemporary flair.

America is the birthplace of country music, swing and rock 'n' roll. Dance and music styles that are now popular all over the world were born in America. In a show that hardly stops to catch its breath, Pat Cannon’s Foot & Fiddle Dance Co. taps out rhythms from the 40's swing era and the rock 'n' roll styles of the 50’s, while investigating their roots through an African boot dance, an Irish celli, a Cajun two step and Appalachian clogging. Colorful costumes swirl around this power-paced ensemble of dances and musicians as they present and involve the audience in a historical survey of percussive dance.

Beneath her mischievous hillbilly persona, Ms. Cannon is a tap dance artist and choreographer who colors authentic folk material from the South and Southwest with delightful tap technique. One is likely to see a rockabilly dance number looking like a rock-influenced lindy hop, or a perky Celtic step dance with a decidedly western swing. Regardless of the dance step, the irresistible musical accompaniment stirs the audience into a whooping and hollering frenzy.

Pat Cannon's Foot & Fiddle Dance Co. has toured throughout the country and has appeared abroad at such prestigious locales as the International Dance Biennial in Lyon, France, and the First International Tap Festival in Moscow, Russia.

Since 1981, Pat Cannon's Foot & Fiddle Dance Co. performances have earned generous praise from critics, producers, and audiences nationwide. Company founder and artistic director, Pat Cannon began as a champion clog dancer and banjo playing square dance caller. Ms. Cannon and her company maintain the original reason for the creation of American folk forms - to have fun.