Chicago Footwork: A Lightning-Fast Dance of Resistance | If Cities Could Dance

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As the backbone of street dance battles, Chicago footwork, developed on the city's South and West Sides, is meant to dazzle and discombobulate in equal measure. Dancers' feet move at 160 beats per minute.

But for many, footwork is more than just rapid moves, it’s a way to express an alternative to and to resist violence and other effects of poverty—the results of decades of disinvestment and the city’s legacy of segregation. Get to know a handful of Chicago's brightest footwork dancers, soundtracked by modern footwork legends DJ Taye and DJ Diamond.

Meet some of Chicago's footwork dancers, including Diamond "Queen Diamond" Hardiman, Christopher "Maddog" Thomas, Donnetta "LilBit" Jackson (Creation Global Battle Clique,) and Keith "Chi Blu" Warfield.

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00:00 Chicago
00:10 What is Chicago Footwork
00:23 Meet Diamond Hardiman a.k.a Queen Diamond, House Arrest 2 Dance Team
00:45 Meet Christopher Thomas a.k.a Maddog, Creation Global Battle Clique
00:57 Chicago Footwork is social liberation
01:21 Meet Donnetta Jackson a.k.a LilBit, Creation Global Battle Clique
01:32 Chicago Footwork 160 beats per minute
02:00 Chicago Footwork an extension of African tradition and African dance
02:05 Meet Keith Warfield a.k.a Chi Blu
02:31 Without Chicago there is no Footwork