Since the mid-'90s, a style of dance and a genre of music that share the name footwork have been livening up parties and late-night public access TV in Chicago. Now footwork is reaching beyond its ...

This tutorial focuses on footwork techniques that can improve balance, timing, and coordination. Practice the movements to create smoother transitions and more confident dance combinations. #footwork ...

Those three words comprise the mantra that the members of the Era Footwork Collective live by. The local group—also known as the Era Footwork Crew—consists of four dancers and two producers who helped ...

This tutorial focuses on dance footwork that helps improve timing, balance, and coordination. Practice the movements to ...

This post ran originally on THUMP UK. There’s a stark moment on the late DJ Rashad’s debut LP, Double Cup, which encapsulates footwork’s contrary nature. With its whirring, pulsating rhythm and ...

Amherst dancers took to battle Sunday at the Footwork Frenzy all-styles battle event hosted by the traveling dance crew, Chicago Footworkology. The event was free to attend for all ages and was held ...

When Jamal “Litebulb” Oliver started dancing in the Footwork scene, the Chicago-born style had just made its way to YouTube. Now, at least for a night, it’s at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The ...

In small corners of the globe, dancers are putting the pedal to the floor. In L.A. there's krumping. In Detroit, jit. In the South African town of Soweto, shangaan. All these types of dancing have one ...

More than 400 participants recently attended the a five-day conference, "Werk Related: Chicago Footwork," created in partnership with the UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance, Five College ...

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 ...

The street dance style elevates Chicago's South and West Sides communities. Chicago footwork serves as the backbone of street dance battles, but it's more than just rapid moves—it’s a way to express ...

“It’s getting bigger and bigger — it’s beautiful,” says RP Boo, the producer credited by many as the father of Chicago footwork. From its beginnings in the late Nineties, the genre — marked by ...