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Footwork(ing) is a fast footed style of dance style. This dance is street born on the south and west sides of Chicago. It involves a frenetically stomp and hard stutter steps. When you see the dance style it looks as if the dance style combines tap dance, break-dance, River dance, and even some African tribal moves before the beginning of the battle everyone gathers in a circle, while the two combatants compete in the middle of the circle. This style of dance is usually portrayed at juke parties or juke-athons but mostly urban parties that play juke music. Juke music is a form music with a fast tempo, specifically made for footworking and juking. Most critics say that it is the Chicago’s answer to “Krumping”, the street born dance of Los Angeles. There are a lot of moves that you can identify if you are a footwork dancer like: The 40’s this is a dance in which the dancers feet are penetrating back and forth in a sprawling action in which it look like the dancer is riding on a horse. Ticking is also very familiar in the footworking world, it is a form of a dance called a bob (dropping the waistline abruptly and popping the back out). Juke is a word used along with footworking to describe the way a girl dances on a guy, it can be another name for the word footworking, or it can be the type of atmosphere at a party. Chicago is the place where House music was originated but also where footworking was originated. There are many types of footworking teams in the Chicago area such as: Creations, 187, and Heat Squad, etc. They battle all over the place. They also are featured publicly nowadays like the Footworkingz who performed for Madonna’s spring promo tour. Footwork Music Footworkin' is often performed to a fast paced house music or another Chicago style called 'juke'. References * * chicagonow.com * takeaway.org 
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