Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stage celebration of the homegrown Memphis dance style known as "jookin'" begins a national tour here next year. Conceived and ...

"For people who don't know the style, Memphis Jookin consists of a lot of slides and glides and toe spins and a bounce that's very native to the city. What makes Jookin so original is how we get from ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick “Memphis Jookin’: The Show,” which presents jookin “in the world it comes from,” is sincere entertainment, packed with talent and heart.

It's a dance style that started in Memphis and has made its way all across the nation, known as Memphis Jookin', and its history is now the focus of a show set to start in a couple of months, kicking ...

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 free live-streaming app Caffeine will host its second display of the popular dance style Memphis Jookin with this Saturday’s The Jump Off 2. The performance will be streamed live at 7 p.m. Central ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been nearly 24 years since Project Pat's debut album Ghetty Green, but Black Gen Z TikTokers are making sure his legacy lives ...

I’ll be the first to admit that Jookin isn’t unprecedented. From New Orleans’ second-line parades to old couples two-stepping at the local jook joint, it’s easy to find similarities. But, as the ...

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, ...