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On Stage: A 1920s Halloween With Flapper Dresses And Tap Dancing

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Published October 30, 2014 at 12:50 PM CDT

Tristan Bruns, Starinah 'Star' Dixon, Donnetta 'Lilbit' Jackson and Jabowen Dixon are members of the tap dancing group, M.A.D.D Rhythms. (Matt Glavin/Bril Barrett/Facebook)

In this week’s installment of “On Stage,” we turn to the 1920s-inspired “Harlem Nights” in Chicago, which features a speakeasy, a soiree, a murder mystery and tap dancing — period dress required.

The tap dancing comes courtesy of the Chicago dance group M.A.D.D. Rhythms. (The acronym stands for “making a difference dancing.”) The founder and director of the group, Bril Barrett, joined Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss the group.

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Guest

Bril Barrett, founder and director of M.A.D.D Rhythms the dance group. He tweets @BrilBarrett.