Dance Afrika

In the Chicago Tribute there was an article of dance Afrika. Dance Afrika came to Chicago last weekend and performed Friday and Saturday. In the article the Williams, who started Dance Afrika in the early 1990's talked about the form of stepping. He explained how stepping has been around for a long time. It started in colleges when blacks decided to make their won fraternities and sororities. It starts as back as the 1950's. Was kind of whatever. People didn't really get into the stepping until movies came out showcasing this art form. But it had already been around. The author in the article wanted was the readers to understand stepping didn't come out of no where but is deeply rooted in the African heritage and culture. Comparing how steeping is looked at in a new way than before. Now stepping is a mainstream thing when before it was just for fraternities and sororities performing this sometimes complicated foot movement. I also think the author wanted us the reader to understand that stepping like any other dance form has history and was performed by others before, and later the movement was borrowed ad changed and was given a new meaning and name.