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Chicago-Style Stepping is an exclusive local dance and gained a foothold on radio in 1989 when a local radio station, WVAZ (102.7 FM) began playing music on Saturday Night. Prior to commercial radio expressing interest in "Steppers" music a college radio station WKKC FM 89.3 in 1975 began programming with Steppers Music.
Kent was the host of Steppin' at Club 7, a dance program on WLS-TV in Chicago in the mid-1990s. [1] The title came from Chicago stepping, a dance with which Kent was associated. [7] He also taught courses in radio broadcasting part-time [20] at Chicago State University. [1]
Footwork, also called juke, [2] or Chicago juke, is a genre of electronic dance music derived from ghetto house with elements of hip hop, first appearing in Chicago in the late 1990s. [3] The music style evolved from the earlier, rapid rhythms of ghetto house , a change pioneered by RP Boo , DJ Rashad and DJ Clent.
Chicago stepping, a type of dance originating in Chicago; Step dance, generic term for dance styles where the footwork is the most important part of the dance; Stepping (African-American), a percussive dance in which the participant's entire body is used as an instrument; Steppin', album by the Pointer Sisters
Afro-American vernacular dance. Black Bottom; Blues dance; Boogie-woogie; Boogaloo (funk dance) Breakaway; Cabbage Patch; Cakewalk; Charleston; Chicago stepping
The first nationally syndicated stepping contest, S.T.O.M.P., aired in 1992 was created by Frank Mercardo Valdes, produced by the World African Network and Vic Bulluck and choreographed by Vernon Jackson and Jimmy Hamilton of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Pi Kappa Chapter. Again they were also known as Step by Step Stomp aired 1992–1996.
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Milwaukee United Steppers giving a glimpse of Milwaukee Style stepping and bopping. Competition has long played an important role in social dance in African-American social dance, from the "battles"' of hip hop and lindy hop to the cakewalk. Performances have also been integrated into everyday dance life, from the relationship between ...