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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Best of Chicago 2025 Credit: Cover and section photography by Kirk Williamson. Creative direction and prop styling by Shira Friedman-Parks, Amber Huff, and Kirk Williamson. Design by Corianton Hale.

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 ...