The Era Footwork Crew

CTL-E-0570 · Neighborhood · 2010

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The Era Footwork Crew (including Litebulb, Steelo, and P-Top) carries the Chicago footwork dance tradition, teaching its history and evolution publicly.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-049; source research type(s): community. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

WBEZ Reset via Player FM, 'Get To Know Chicago Footwork With The Era Footwork Crew'

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