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Film, Video Follow The Music Interview: Kenlo Key and Marlon

Video recording of King Charles interviewing Kenlo Key and Marlon

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Title

  • Follow The Music Interview: Kenlo Key and Marlon

Names

  • Guerrero, Jake (Recordist)
  • Guerrero, Noah (Recordist)
  • Parks, Charles Lee (Contributor)
  • Forman, Kelli (Contributor)
  • Kenlo Key (Interviewee)
  • Chambers, Marlon (Interviewee)
  • Parks, Charles Lee (Interviewer)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, January 13, 2023

Headings

  • -  Nightlife
  • -  Underground music
  • -  House music--Illinois--Chicago
  • -  African American dancers--United States--Interviews
  • -  Disc jockeys
  • -  Chicago Footwork
  • -  Dance cyphers
  • -  Dance--Competitions
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Marlon Chambers, CEO of Impact Assassins and president of Total Impact, and Kenlo Key, CEO of CHICAGOFOOTWORKDOTCOM, discuss the impact and evolution of Chicago Footwork and the influence that they both had on the style with Charles Parks, a.k.a. King Charles, founder of Creation Global. Marlon, Kenlo, and Charles grew up in the suburbs around Chicago, where they were introduced to Footwork and talk about their experiences in battles and cyphers, the changes in the style over the years, and what they value in fellow artists and dancers.
  • -  Keywords: bangs, cypher (cipher), dribble, Erk n Jerks, Mike and Ikes, parade stomp, percolator, pressure cooker, shake-a-lots, skates, OG, family, battles, teachers, legacy
  • -  Venue: Recorded at The Barber Shop, Chicago, Illinois, January 13, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (MP4): digital. 1 manuscript file (PDF): digital.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Chicago

Source Collection

  • Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/012)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • pdf
  • image

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Credit line

Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture, Community Collections Grant Project, 2023 (AFC 2022/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Guerrero, Jake, Noah Guerrero, Charles Lee Parks, Kelli Forman, Kenlo Key, Marlon Chambers, and Charles Lee Parks. Follow The Music Interview: Kenlo Key and Marlon. Chicago, Illinois, 2023. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_007/.

APA citation style:

Guerrero, J., Guerrero, N., Parks, C. L., Forman, K., Kenlo Key, Chambers, M. & Parks, C. L. (2023) Follow The Music Interview: Kenlo Key and Marlon. Chicago, Illinois. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_007/.

MLA citation style:

Guerrero, Jake, et al. Follow The Music Interview: Kenlo Key and Marlon. Chicago, Illinois, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_007/>.