If you’ve never done the big steppin’, you probably will soon. Why not start practicing? Just extend your fists back and forth like you’re doing a bench press, and slowly rotate on your tip toes. Now ...

It’s a steamy summer night in Dorchester and the air conditioner at the Carver Den is on the fritz, so a few industrial strength fans will have to suffice. It’s Thursday, and that means heat or no ...

For longer than many devotees have been alive, folks have been bopping, stepping and soul walking. “Stepping is a really classic dance,” says 51-year-old Tracey Colvin, whose moves and reindeer ears ...

"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 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Couples touch hands or link arms, their hips and toes gyrating smoothly in unison, gliding through dance moves known as "Steppin"' and making it look easy. Sign up here. "When you ...

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 ...