From ballet to jookin, dance fest offers it all
Memphis Jookin dance celebrity Lil’ Buck (front) and Adji Cissoko of the Alonzo King Lines Ballet of San Francisco perform variations of the dying swan from "Swan Lake" Saturday at Collage Dance Collective at 505 Tillman St. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Collage Dance Collective dancers (top right to top left,) Rickey Flagg II and Lauren Philson perform for an audience at third annual Memphis Dance Festival in Binghampton on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The Sole Defined dance troupe from Washington, D.C., performs Saturday, Sept. 16 at Collage Dance Collective in Binghampton. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Food and vendors added to the fun at the Collage Dance Collective’s third annual Memphis Dance Festival in Binghampton on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Tequosha White (right) of the Orpheum Theatre speaks to Carina and Carrington Biggers during the Memphis Dance Festival in Binghampton on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Dancers from around the country took to the stage Saturday, Sept. 16 as Collage Dance Collective hosted the Memphis Dance Festival, featuring performances from Lil Buck, Ballet Memphis, Nashville Ballet, Sole Defined of Washington, New York City Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet of San Francisco, and the Grizz Girls.
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