Wills Glasspiegel

Wills Glasspiegel (born November 23, 1982) is an American filmmaker,[1] artist,[2] scholar[3] and community organizer from Chicago.

[4] Dr. Glasspiegel has spent several years working alongside electronic musicians and dancers from Sierra Leone (bubu music), South Africa (Shangaan electro) and Chicago (Footwork (genre)).

[5] He has produced public radio segments for All Things Considered[6] and Morning Edition, and was recognized as a co-recipient of a Peabody Award in 2014[7] for his contributions to the public radio program Afropop Worldwide.

Wills' collaborations have been featured in a variety of publications including CNN,[8] FADER Magazine,[9] Dazed Magazine,[10] Pitchfork,[11] New York Times,[12] Wall Street Journal,[13] The Guardian,[14] and Chicago Tribune.

He worked from 2016-2023 as an artist and filmmaker with The Era Footwork Crew,[15] including as creative director for The Era's touring performance,IN THE WURKZ, a show that won the National Dance Project award in 2019 from the New England Foundation for the Arts.