High-tops meet taps in the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s annual celebration of National Tap Dance Day. The all-male, high-voltage FootworKINGz will make an appearance delivering the furious, foot-flying, floor-scorching moves that have garnered the crew national press and two members appearances with Madonna both on video and on tour. Also making a CHRP debut is Trae Turner’s Boom Crack! Dance Company (named after the way Turner counts down and off beats), a group that moves in hip-hop styles across the spectrum. Add to the bill CHRP hoofing virtuoso regulars M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Tre Dumas and BAM! and you’ve got a show that will make you bounce in your seat and shout. Which is fully encouraged. (Sharon Hoyer)
Chicago Human Rhythm Project at the DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 East 56th, (773)281-1825. Thursday May 10 at 10:30am and Friday, May 11 at 7:30pm. $10-$25.
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