There's so much going on that it takes a bit to get your head around many of the footworks tracks, but when you watch vids of these guys working it in the circle, it's pretty amazing.
thanks, Jeffrey J Davis www.jeffreyjdavis.com 218.83DAVIS On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:24 PM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's been new interest in the Chicago 'footwork' phenomenon, which > is the new school form of Jit/Juke competetive dance. The music is > pretty crazy stuff, growing out of booty house and ghetto tech but > seemingly endless rhythmic variation. They've set up the new Planet > Mu footwork compilation for streaming if you want to check it out... > > http://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/131792022/first-listen-bangs-and-works-vol-1-a-chicago-footwork-compilation > > I've been fascinated by all the competetive street dance cultures > since people started breaking in the late 70s. It's something that > springs up in different forms independently -- Caipohera in Brazil, > Breakdancing in NYC, Jit in Detroit, Juke in Chicago, even the > competetive Stepping that's so important to African-American > sororities and fraternities. > > Even more fascinating, I can't think of any analogous dance culture > amongst white people.
