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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jit, born in the 1970s, is taught in studios in and around Detroit. The Detroit Jit Team performs at LCA about 10 times ...