Dancers from the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center showed off their unique dance style that pairs ballet en pointe and hip hop on Good Morning America on Tuesday.
The style's creator Homer Hanz Bryant calls it "Hiplet," and he says he crafted it to remain relevant with younger dancers.
He told GMA "In order to stay relevant with young people, you have to do what they’re doing now." So he encourages his classically trained dancers, most of whom are Black, to dance with more fluid movement in toe shoes. He posts short videos to his Instagram account with music snippets from Megan Trainor and Jason Derulo.
Activists from Black Lives Matter, Black Youth Project 100, and We Charge Genocideshut down a Chicago Police Board meeting on Thursday night. The activists took action to demanded the firing of Detective Dante Servin, the officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Rekia Boyd.
The 2015 graduating class of King College Prep High School in Chicago's South Side received a touching commencement address from First Lady Michelle Obama Tuesday. The school was selected from about 200 that submitted videos for Obama's FAFSA Video Challenge after she was "blown away" by their creative Scandal inspired submission.
Check out Heben and Tracy's latest installment of their podcast, Another Round, where they talk with Brandy about her lead role in the musical Chicago, on Broadway. They also reimagine some of our favorite 90s sitcoms as musicals!
The decision to strip Jackie Robinson West (JRW) of its national title is raising questions about how widespread cheating may be throughout Little League.
