Dance artist Lil Buck and local cast members will perform in "Memphis Jookin': The Show", showcasing the evolution of jookin’, a Memphis dance style.

David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. For those unfamiliar with Jookin', it is urban ballet created by Black youth in Memphis. The dance emanated ...

The surfboard. The buck jump. The Pac-Man. Such maneuvers are part of what Los Angeles choreographer/director Amy “Catfox” Campion calls the “movement vocabulary” of Memphis jookin’, a ...

Tensions quickly escalate between sisters Charlene and Gwen while Charlene's son Quincy befriends the neighborhood hustler and becomes immersed in the city's gritty lifestyle and street dance called ...