Online, there are many gifted dancers ranging in style from ballroom to tap, street to morris dancing. Still, there are videos that might surprise you, and Lauren and Kaylee Thomas’s performance is most definitely that. These are clog dancers with championships. Ridge Runner Cloggers explain clogging as something you’re not sure what it.

“Clogging is an energetic percussive style of dance whereby the dancer wears shoes with unique taps attached.” Popular sport Clog dance is something you should watch Lauren and Kaylee in action if this is your first exposure. The video below was recorded at the 2016 Clogging Champions of America Showdown of Champions.

Though the females participated in the traditional section as well, the film features the modern side of the tournament. The two females are fantastic and this is a duet dance off.

Though at first glance they seem to be twins, Kaylee is actually two years Lauren’s senior. Both of them are blonde and adorable as buttons; they dress in same clothes when performing, hence it’s a simple mistake to make. Their feet move like lightning, another thing they have in common.

Six couples on stage ready for the dance-off are shown in the video at first. Black tops and glittering pants are Lauren and Kaylee’s jazzy best. Though other couples dancing Lauren and Kaylee catch your attention. For every second of their performance, they are exactly in sync. Together they kick, whirl, and execute difficult arm twists. Their enthusiasm is simply amazing and this is a mind-boggling routine.

You won’t be surprised this was not the girls’ first competition. They have won the national championships fifteen times! They don’t look old enough to have won that often but they did start young. They were born in Berea, Kentucky and Lauren was only three years old when she started clogging, while Kaylee was five.

They proved that they were gifted and soon good enough to start competing. They swept the board locally and soon progressed to national championships. Although there are types of clog dancing in many other countries, this style is unique to the USA, so unfortunately we won’t see the girls competing internationally. However, as well as their clogging the girls do need to have downtime and get their education so this may be a blessing in disguise.

Just like competitions the girls also appeared on a Nickelodeon show called Figure It Out and an updated version of The Gong Show. It’s quite a career for two girls who were still children for the majority of it. Many siblings would not get on well enough to spend so much time training together, but Lauren and Kaylee have a deep sisterly bond and love of dancing that overcomes any bickering.

It seems likely that as they get older their lives may diverge a little, but it seems certain their dance history will ensure they stay close.