Dance | Matthew Kupstas | Beginning/Intermediate | Evening Mini-Class | Week 3, July 21-23, 2026
Class Description: New to flatfooting or want to level up your skills? This class is for you! Learn some versatile steps, practice improvising to the music, and have fun immersing yourself in this quintessential Appalachian dance form.
Matthew Kupstas began his dance training with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble at age 11. Within a few years, he began performing with Footworks in “Incredible Feets” and “Solemates”. He attended Mars Hill College between 2004-2008 on a dance scholarship to compete and perform with the Bailey Mountain Cloggers. During his time there, he won two overall grand championships with BMC at America’s Clogging Hall of Fame World Championships in 2006 and 2007. He has won awards at numerous flatfooting competitions including overall champion at the NC Mountain State Fair in 2007, 2nd place at the Appalachian Stringband Festival in 2010, and 1st place in his age division at the ACHF World Championships in 2012. Matthew has had the privileged of performing all over the country and internationally with a large diversity of bands and artists including Nickel Creek, Casey Driessen, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Uncle Earl, the Gibson Brothers, Chance McCoy (of Old Crow Medicine Show), Troy MacGilvray, and Byron Berline.