"Detroit Jit vs. Chicago Juke (Footwork)"

ABOUT THE FILM

A regional beef sparked by a culture clash going head to head for the first time. Detroit Jit takes on the Chicago Juke (Chicago Footworkin) to prove which dance form is indeed the SUPERIOR. You be the Judge! Held inside St. Andrews Hall (from the movie 8Mile).

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Haleem “Stringz” Rasul

Haleem “Stringz” Rasul is a Detroit-based dance performing artist, choreographer, and artist educator, proficient in the Detroit cultural dance form known as Jit. Haleem founded Hardcore Detroit in 2001, he was awarded the Kresge Artist Fellowship in 2010 and was a recipient of the Knights Arts Challenge grant in 2013. Haleem released his film documentary entitled, The Jitterbugs: Pioneers of the Jit, the first documentary to detail the origins of the Jit dance form.

As a dance ambassador for the city of Detroit, Haleem’s mission is to continue expanding creative heights for Detroit’s own unique movements

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