Detroit — He was only 2 years old when he first saw his grandpa dance the Boogie Woogie. Ron Ford Jr. was captivated watching his grandfather, Lester Payne, 86, execute the form of swing dance ...
He’s also an educator and a scholar, with a masterly understanding of the dance forms that funk music inspired in the early 1970s — especially the popping and locking that hip-hop experts like him ...