Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...
A group of performers stepped and swayed in the sand at an open-air studio on the Senegalese coast as Germaine Acogny, known as the mother of contemporary African dance, called out to them. "Walk!
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...
SAN DIEGO — The Black dance culture is steeped in African culture and was brought to North and South America during the slave trade in the 1500's, according to the African American Registry. While ...
Ayodele is a Yoruba word meaning “joy in the home,” and the Chicago-based Ayodele Drum & Dance imparts the joy of these African arts through adult and youth classes, workshops and performances—all ...
This week the African Students Association at Arizona State University and the Phoenix Chapter of The Links, Incorporated collaborated to create the "Afro-Grooves: Dance Series," which aims to connect ...
Stomp, stomp, step. Stomp, step, stomp. Stomp, stomp, step. Much like Broadway’s “Stomp,” Step Afrika! performers keep rhythms while they dance. Their bodies ...
BRATTLEBORO - African Dance Vermont and the Arts Council of Windham County present the 10th annual Abene African Dance and Drum Festival, Aug. 21 through 24 at the Brattleboro Stone Church, 210 Main ...
We hear of the value of asking our elders about our culture before it's too late, before they die along with their troves of historically personal facts. A dozen reviewers chose nine finalists from ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The year’s festival features local troupes. “The stories and music and dance that evolved here were just as important” as those from Africa, its ...
South African man goes viral on TikTok for his impressive Gqom dance moves while camping, showcasing his love for the genre ...