Chinatown Square Plaza turns into a dance floor for youth festival

K-pop fans participate in K-Pop Random Dance, where people jump into the circle to dance together whenever they hear songs they know the choreography of, during “Youth of Chinatown,” a three-day event featuring hip-hop and K-pop performances at Chinatown Square Plaza, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Dozens of K-pop and hip-hop fans turned Chinatown Square Plaza into a dance floor Saturday as they grooved to the beats of BTS, BLACKPINK, Psy, Nelly Furtado, Missy Elliott and other K-pop and hip-hop artists.

For the K-pop portion, songs were played at random and people who knew the song’s choreography jumped into a circle, moving in sync even though many had never danced together before.