1776
A collision of hip hop and Memphis Jookin’ that transforms independence into kinship, and history into evolution.
Jookin pioneer Lil Buck (Memphis-born pioneer of Jookin’) and Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe (Associate Artistic Director of ZooNation) reclaim and redefine 1776 through the language of movement.
This work unites young dancers from Memphis, London, and Oxford’s own Body Politic Youth, sparking a dialogue that bridges local roots with global perspectives and connects generations as well as geographies.
Speaking their “mother dance-tongue” of hip hop and Jookin’, the company charts a kinetic journey where past and present collide, and where the evolution of freedom becomes the evolution of us.
Lil Buck is a Schwarzman Centre Cultural Fellow for 2025/26 in partnership with St Hilda’s College and DANSOX, University of Oxford.
Part of Unfinished Revolutions, a season tracing the living legacy of 1776.
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