“Toby Bennett is to clogging as Kathryn Tickell is to Northumbrian piping and Andy Cutting is to diatonic button accordeoning” Stephen Hunt, fRoots magazine
“elegant, buoyant, bracingly articulate clog dancing.” Nic Gareiss
Toby Bennett is a dancer and dance teacher specialising in English step dancing particularly the rich traditions of English Step Clog.
He has performed and taught widely in the UK and abroad performing solo as well as with the four piece band Stepling and the trio Francis | Bennett | Hartley. More recently he has performed with Lewis Wood’s ‘Footwork Live’ show.
Footwork Live
Toby recorded several tracks for Lewis Wood’s 2022 album ‘Footwork’ (available via Bandcamp) and danced witth Simon Harmer on the Footwork Live tour.
Stepling
Toby is also a member of the new band ‘Stepling’ exploring English traditions of music, step dance and percussion with fiddle player Deb Chalmers, percussionist Jo May and guitarist Adrian Lever.
Stepling has now disbanded but our Facebook page is still active and you can buy our Album ‘Leap’ at Bandcamp.
Francis | Bennett | Hartley
Toby has worked with Carolyn Francis and Scott Hartley (more recently George Rix has replaced Scott) focussing largely on Lakeland traditions. See the Francis | Bennett | Hartley page