• King Charles: Chicago Footwork Worldwide #27

  • Nov 13 2024
  • Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
  • Podcast

King Charles: Chicago Footwork Worldwide #27

  • Summary

  • King Charles returns to discuss Chicago Footwork and it's worldwide impacts. Stories include his time in Barcelona at the Oyofe African Street Dance Festival, introducing Chicago Footwork to Japan and teaching with a broken foot in Brazil. King Charles also details the involve of gang life and how Chicago Footwork was a way out. We also talked about some of his judging criterias for dance battles and how these are vastly different from battling in the neighborhood streets. Charles Parks, aka King Charles, is a Chicago Footwork pioneer from the Southside of Chicago and a prominent international teaching artist for Chicago Footwork. He has been a global ambassador for the art form for over 20 years. King Charles is the founder and leader of Creation Global, an international Chicago Footwork dance crew with over 70 members worldwide. King Charles was the Artistic Director of renowned Chicago dance company, The FootworKINGZ, who was featured on major television shows including America's Got Talent and America's Best Dance Crew. King Charles has worked professionally with many iconic artists including touring with Madonna for years and performing with artists such as Elton John, Missy Elliot, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Will I Am. King Charles continues to blow audiences away with his energy and creativity. His commercial work and stage performances include Omarian, Twista, Bakermat, Willow Smith, Verizon, and Nike- just to name a few. He is also a mentor to many future leaders world-wide and a skilled rapper/MC. King Charles is a co-founder of @cfology, a project created in response to the global pandemic that provides online dance and music programming to educate students world-wide about Chicago Footwork culture. Follow King Charles ----------------------------- IG: https://www.instagram.com/kingcharles_____ IG: https://www.instagram.com/creationglobal Get Enculturated! ------------------------------- FB: https://www.facebook.com/enculturationpodcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/enculturationpodcast HP: http://www.enculturationpodcast.com TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@enculturationpodcast

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