Footworks Dance opened in Clarinda in August 2010 with a mission to provide quality instruction to all students while creating a fun and positive atmosphere! After a few years, Miss Shaylen began ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

The dancers and musicians of Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble will be onstage at the Carroll Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. April 15 as part of Common Ground Downtown, a series of concerts featuring ...

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 ...

Adumu, also known as the jumping dance, is a major highlight of the Maasai culture in Kenya and Tanzania. The dance consists of high jumps with minimal movement of the body, requiring strong leg ...

Projected onto the Merchandise Mart, “Footnotes” honors a style that’s become popular around the world but isn’t always given recognition in its hometown. By Brian Seibert Footwork, the Chicago-born ...

Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble is long recognized as a creative and pioneering force in presenting roots-based music and percussive dance. It integrates live music, song and dance to illuminate ...