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Ira Bernstein
Ira Bernstein
	Ira Bernstein performing with Niall Vallely in 2008
Born	1959 (age 64–65); Malverne, New York, U.S.
Education	B.A. in Finance
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)	Dancer, teacher
Years active	1978-present
Website	http://www.tentoepercussion.com/bio.htm

Ira Bernstein (b. Malverne, New York, 1959) is a dancer and teacher in the United States who specializes in traditional American dance forms such as Appalachian-style clogging, flatfoot dancing, tap dance, and step dancing. He is considered an authority on clogging, and the leading figure in this dance style.^[1]^[2] He calls himself a "percussive step dancer who specializes in Appalachian flatfooting," and also dances Green Grass style Appalachian clogging,^[3] English clogging, French-Canadian step dancing, Irish step dancing, and South African gumboot dancing.

^ Kingsbury, Paul (2004-12-16). The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780195176087.
^ Berkley, George E. (1997-01-01). Jews. Branden Publishing Company. ISBN 9780828320276.
^ Green Grass style clogging is a relatively recent style of Appalachian "folk clogging" developed by and associated with the Green Grass Cloggers of Greenville, North Carolina (and later also of Asheville, North Carolina). They began in 1971 as students at East Carolina University in Greenville. Their style is not traditional flatfooting, nor is it traditional mountain-style clogging, or contemporary precision clogging. But it is a form of precision clogging in the sense that it features choreographed routines where the dancers are all dancing in unison (same steps at the same time), while moving through figures. The figures are taken from western square dancing, rather than from traditional southern Appalachian dancing. It is usually performed to old-time music. Although Bernstein was never a Green Grass Clogger he started with a group called the Mill Creek Cloggers, a group influenced by the Green Grass Cloggers style. He was later a member of the Fiddle Puppets, who were a splinter group of the Green Grass Cloggers, as three of the four original Fiddle Puppets were former early Green Grass Cloggers. When he first got into Green Grass style clogging during his time with the Mill Creek Cloggers, Bernstein was heavily influenced by the Green Grass Cloggers and would meet up with them at festivals, parties, and dances.

[1] Kingsbury, Paul (2004-12-16). The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780195176087.

[2] Berkley, George E. (1997-01-01). Jews. Branden Publishing Company. ISBN 9780828320276.

[3] Green Grass style clogging is a relatively recent style of Appalachian "folk clogging" developed by and associated with the Green Grass Cloggers of Greenville, North Carolina (and later also of Asheville, North Carolina). They began in 1971 as students at East Carolina University in Greenville. Their style is not traditional flatfooting, nor is it traditional mountain-style clogging, or contemporary precision clogging. But it is a form of precision clogging in the sense that it features choreographed routines where the dancers are all dancing in unison (same steps at the same time), while moving through figures. The figures are taken from western square dancing, rather than from traditional southern Appalachian dancing. It is usually performed to old-time music. Although Bernstein was never a Green Grass Clogger he started with a group called the Mill Creek Cloggers, a group influenced by the Green Grass Cloggers style. He was later a member of the Fiddle Puppets, who were a splinter group of the Green Grass Cloggers, as three of the four original Fiddle Puppets were former early Green Grass Cloggers. When he first got into Green Grass style clogging during his time with the Mill Creek Cloggers, Bernstein was heavily influenced by the Green Grass Cloggers and would meet up with them at festivals, parties, and dances.

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Ira Bernstein
Ira Bernstein performing with Niall Vallely in 2008
Born	1959 (age 64–65) Malverne, New York, U.S.
Education	B.A. in Finance
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)	Dancer, teacher
Years active	1978-present
Website	http://www.tentoepercussion.com/bio.htm