"One-two-three, four-five-six -- basic," Veronica Austin calls to the line of beginners stepping shoulder to shoulder in a downstairs strip-mall studio. Wearing looks of serious concentration, they ...

WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (AP) -- You've heard of Chicago-style pizza and Chicago-style hot dogs, but what about Chicago-style dancing? Step dancing -- better known as ``steppin''' -- is a Chicago-born ...

Zakeeyaw Toney didn’t complete her move to Las Vegas from Chicago nearly 20 years ago because her craft kept her going back. Toney witnessed Chicago-style steppin’ for the first time when she visited ...

A graceful, elegant partners' dance that originated within the black community in the city for which it's named, Chicago steppin' dates to the early- to middle 20th century and is known as having its ...