One of Memphis' more distinctive cultural expressions has a new national showcase. Innovated in the 1980s and '90s, when it was variously known as "choppin'," "buckin'" and, especially, "gangsta ...

The Collage Dance Collective held an outdoor family festival Saturday afternoon, National Dance Day. Thousands of people braved the 85-degree heat and cloudless sky to enjoy a wide range of ...

A stage celebration of the homegrown Memphis dance style known as "jookin'" begins a national tour here next year. Conceived and choreographed in part by its star, renowned local dancer Lil Buck, ...

Memphis Jookin: The ShowLil BuckFriday, March 25, 8pmLincoln TheatreOne of Dance Magazines 25 to Watch, street-dance sensation Charles Lil Buck Riley has collaborated with a staggering range of ...

*GloRilla and Lil Baby met up backstage for the homecoming concert hosted by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University over the weekend. The two were part of the A-list lineup of ...

What: Opening Night of the Vail Dance Festival. When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28. Where: Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre, 530 South Frontage Road E., Vail. Cost: Reserved seating is $50 to 113, based on ...

Charles “Lil Buck” Riley is a movement artist who is known for being an ambassador for Memphis Jookin, a freestyle-based dance involving intricate footwork. Raised in Memphis, Buck was introduced to ...

He's an innovator of the dance style called "Memphis Jookin" and he's taken it global. Right now, you can watch Charles Riley, better known as Lil Buck, on Netflix. FOX13 spoke with Katie Smythe, the ...

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 ...

Lil Buck is by far the most famous practitioner of the gliding, pretzeling street dance form Memphis jookin’. But in this ninety-minute production he shares the spotlight with his peers, dramatizing ...