Move: Season 1, Episode 1 on Oct 23, 2024 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

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In their 2020 documentary series Move, French filmmakers Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai take viewers on a tour of the world of dance, shining a spotlight on the artists that shape the art of movement. This first episode of the series highlights the work of Lil Buck and Jon Boogz, who have shown throughout their careers that street dance is a form of high art. A native of Miami, Jon Boogz has mastered the art of popping, while Lil Buck has developed his own style of jookin’, a dance form with roots in Memphis. As the co-founders of the dance company Movement Art Is, the two have worked to bring their vision of street dance to a broad audience. With artistry and originality, Jon Boogz and Lil Buck use popping and jookin’ to tell powerful stories that take street dance to the next level. (Episode: Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai, 2020, TV-MA, 48 min.)

Jon Boogz and Lil Buck will join moderator Stephanie Batiste (English and Black Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of the documentary and their remarkable careers as artists.

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