Detroit is known for its auto industry, Motown music and now bankruptcy and vacant buildings — but a group of young dancers wants the city’s legacy also to include a street dance, known as the “Jit” ...

DJ Juan Atkins’ Technicolor and other Detroit techno beats from the 80s filled the Brinker Loft at the Henry Ford-Detroit Pistons Performance Center on a Saturday morning in early November. As the ...

Fancy footwork, high energy, and a unique Detroit style, is what makes up the “Jit” dance. The moves hit Detroit in the 1970’s and are still relevant today. “It moves everybody,” said Michael Smith, ...

With a handful of things to do in Metro Detroit this weekend, one of them is a Detroit-based festival that celebrates one of the city's unique dances: Detroit Jit. The second annual Detroit Jit-Fest ...

The show heads to Detroit for the first time, where tWitch joins the judges panel and the coaches learn all about jitting and exotic dancing Welcome to Detroit, dance fans! For the first time, So You ...

The hyperkinetic Detroit dance style known as the Jit is in the spotlight in the latest program to be announced as part of Freep Film Festival. "The Jitterbugs: Pioneers of the Jit" documentary ...

Haleem Rasul, founder and lead choreographer of the Hardcore Detroit dance troupe, is the perfect person to helm a film about the creators of the athletic, frenetic Detroit dance known as the Jit.

When it comes to the art of storytelling, the city of Detroit could be synonymous with the term. With its breeding of prolific artists in various realms of entertainment from Diana Ross to Big Sean, ...

Detroit is known for its auto industry, Motown music and now bankruptcy and vacant buildings — but a group of young dancers wants the city's legacy also to include a street dance, known as the "Jit" ...