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 ...

According to the National Endowment for the Arts, flatfoot dancing and buck dancing are personal responses to, and interpretations of, music. Flatfooting in the U.S., the NEA explained, came from a ...

RUTHERFORD COUTNY, Tenn. (WKRN) — He’s internationally known as one of the world’s best Buck dancers and he’s from right here in Middle Tennessee. His name is Thomas Maupin, and his life’s mission is ...

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.