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Unfinished Revolutions: Exploring the living legacy of 1776

1776

A Schwarzman Centre, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and The Lil Buck Foundation co-production, featuring young dancers from Memphis, ZooNation Youth Company and Body Politic
26 Jun 2026 19:00
26 Jun 2026
19:00
  • 26 Jun 2026
    19:00
    Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
    Sohmen Concert Hall
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A collision of hip hop dance 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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Approx. 1 hour

Recommended age 14+

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A Schwarzman Centre, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and The Lil Buck Foundation co-production, featuring young dancers from Memphis, ZooNation Youth Company and Body Politic.

With many thanks to DANSOX, Dance Scholarship Oxford and St Hilda’s College for their continued support of 1776 and Lil Buck’s cultural fellowship.

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