{"id":7715,"date":"2016-10-24T18:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7715"},"modified":"2016-10-24T12:07:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:07:33","slug":"lil-buck-a-jookin-jam-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7715","title":{"rendered":"Lil Buck \u2013 A Jookin\u2019 Jam Session"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lil Buck, photo by Kyle Cordova.<\/p><\/div>\n

JOOKIN\u2019 (jook\u00b7in):<\/strong> A street dance style that emerged from Memphis, Tenn. Identified by its extremely intricate footwork and propensity for improvisation, seen by many as a descendant of hip-hop and jazz, with elements of ballet and modern dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

See what jookin’ looks like for yourself, when\u00a0<\/span>UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Lil Buck<\/a> \u2013 A Jookin\u2019 Jam Session\u2014<\/i>directed by Damian Woetzel<\/a>, featuring Sandeep Das<\/a>, Johnny Gandelsman<\/a>, Ron \u201cPrime Tyme\u201d Myles<\/a>, Cristina Pato<\/a> and Wu Tong<\/a>\u2014on\u00a0Tuesday, October 25, at 8 p.m. at The Granada Theatre (1214 State St.).<\/span><\/p>\n

Named one of Dance Magazine<\/em><\/a>\u2019s 25 to Watch, Lil Buck has performed on Madonna\u2019s Rebel Heart tour, in a highly-praised program at Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis<\/a>, in a mesmerizing performance with Yo-Yo Ma<\/a> to Saint-Sa\u00ebns \u201cThe Swan,\u201d with New York City Ballet<\/a>, in Cirque du Soleil\u2019s Michael Jackson: One<\/em><\/a> and in numerous other high-profile collaborations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lil Buck, photo by Kyle Cordova.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s a genius, ” says Yo-Yo Ma. The New York Times<\/em> <\/a>says,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cLil Buck has already carved out a niche that almost no other dancer can fill, bouncing from music videos (that\u2019s him, slo-mo spinning through Janelle Monae<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Tightrope\u2019) to a Super Bowl halftime show (2012, with Madonna) to Lincoln Center.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A Memphis jookin\u2019 phenomenon who also received early hip-hop training from and studied on scholarship at the New Ballet Ensemble<\/a>, this genre-defying artist is taking the world by storm.<\/span><\/p>\n