My Jookin' Conversation With Lil Buck

I chat with Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, a dancer who's been called the Baryshnikov of jookin'. He's taken the freestyle-based street dance, involving intensive footwork, to the world stage.
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American artist Charles "Lil Buck" Riley speaks as French-born American cellist Ma Yo-Yo, second right, and American writer Amy Tan, right, look on during a forum on "the U.S.-China arts and culture" at National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
American artist Charles "Lil Buck" Riley speaks as French-born American cellist Ma Yo-Yo, second right, and American writer Amy Tan, right, look on during a forum on "the U.S.-China arts and culture" at National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Friday on PBS, I chat with Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, a dancer who's been called the Baryshnikov of jookin'. He's taken the freestyle-based street dance, involving intensive footwork, to the world stage.

In the following clip, Lil Buck recounts how his collaboration with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma came to be.

For more of our conversation, be sure to tune in to Tavis Smiley on PBS tomorrow. Check out our website for your local TV listings: http://www.pbs.org/tavis.

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