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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The “first ever” children’s book based around the sound and dance styles of Chicago footwork has been released in the US. Elvin Discovers Chicago Footwork landed in August, created by non-profit dance ...

The Chicago-based footwork scene gets its first comprehensive compilation, and it serves as a very solid overview of the dance music style. Save this story Save this story Let's be clear: footwork, or ...

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 (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UPDATE: NBC Chicago reports that DJ Rashad died of a drug overdose, with heroin, cocaine and alprazolam found in his body upon his death. DJ Rashad, who passed away this weekend at the age of 34, was ...