The Era are tired of footworkers like themselves being pigeonholed as background dancers to the rappers and DJs who’ve taken the breakneck tracks from the streets of Chicago to the mainstream. The ...

DJ Rashad Harden, a Chicago footwork and juke pioneer, passed away Saturday afternoon (April 26) of suspected drug overdose. He was 35 years old. According to Chicago Sun-Times, a friend found Harden ...

The former construction boot became popular among the Hip-Hop crowd as early as the mid to late ‘80s. Since then, every east coast rapper to ever touch a microphone has worn a pair of classic wheat ...

You’ve seen the moves -- a man spinning on his head, a sweatsuit-clad kid with limbs flowing as rhythmically and gracefully as an ocean wave. And even if logic says it’s impossible, there’s something ...

VAIL – Chronophonic’s sound is part funk, part jazz and part hip-hop, but not specifically in that order. The eight-piece group plays 8150 tonight at 10 for a high energy start to the Halloween ...

In light of the spreading Delta variant of COVID-19, recognized student organizations (RSOs) currently await further notice from the University on the return of physical meetings on campus. From the ...

In case you hadn’t heard, breakdancing is heading to the Olympics for the first time at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. You’ve got less than two years to familiarize yourself with the sport, but ...

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 ...

Disco has been one of the more despised forms of music in history, which is odd considering that it was the starting point for two of the most popular styles of music today: hip-hop and house. If it ...