CHICAGO (WLS) -- Footwork is a fast-paced style of dance and electronic music that emerged from Chicago's West Side in the 1990s. Today, footwork is a global phenomenon. "We changed up the style of ...

Artist Antoine “Twan Twan” Humphries wants to create a place to preserve the history of the dancers, gymnasts, drill teams ...

After a July 19th live taping of Red Bull Radio’s daily show Peak Time Live at the stylish eatery The Promontory, on the south side of Chicago—centered around the Windy City’s footwork crew Teklife—a ...

Last month I saw Chicago footwork producer DJ Taye perform in the middle of the afternoon in 38-degree weather on a stubby stage set up in the street next to the Empty Bottle. His set was part of the ...

Chicago footwork is essential to the city’s history of electronic dance music and culture. It was pioneered in the 1990s by dancers, DJs and producers like DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, DJ Clent, RP Boo and ...

Imagine dancing so fast your feet are moving at 160 beats per minute. That’s “footwork” — a style of dance as ubiquitous in Chicago’s Black community as pizza. And thanks to the National Public ...

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I am the Queen, a compelling short film about some of the women of Chicago footwork, begins with a radiant poem: "From dance groups to battle cliques, we represent elegance, power / Raise your tiaras ...

There's a story etched in the Chicago underground about a footwork dancer who burned everybody on the blistering late-'90s battle scene. His undefeated signature moves were crafted from influences ...

CHICAGO (CBS)--Chicago Footwork has been around the city for more than 30 years. And once you see it, you'll be hooked. Dancer Christopher Thomas said the dance tells "a story of young African ...

“We’ve got these huge, major things in Chicago. Like people say White Sox, people say deep dish pizza … footwork is one of those things,” said Brandon K. Calhoun, member of The Era footwork crew and ...

Young camper Sarah Slaughter takes her turn in the circle at Open the Circle's footwork summer camp in Robert Taylor Park on Wednesday, July 24. Credit: Wills Glasspiegel It’s Wednesday, July 10, and ...