The critically acclaimed Step Afrika dance company will stomp, clap and slap high-energy rhythms at SUNY Cortland for a special Black History Month performance on Monday, Feb. 13. The dance troupe’s ...

Brooklyn's Memorial Day weekend tradition returns with performances, films, classes, visual art, and the iconic outdoor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are many ways to describe Black history, but one of the most profound methods is through movement, through the rhythms and ...

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!

For dancer Anique Ayiboe, entering the world of "The Rite of Spring" has been a journey of discovery. The Togolese dancer, who has been traveling and performing the renowned 1975 Pina Bausch piece ...

‘Igniting Emancipatory Possibilities through African Diaspora Dance’ summit brings experts and new perspective to campus. Dance enthusiasts, artists, scholars, students and practitioners gathered on ...

Utter silence accompanies the faceless stranger in the corner of the screen. The room is empty, save for a glowing lantern beside him, its flame throwing shadows on the wall. Dark red and violet light ...

When Deidre Sears stood center stage at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, watching her students take their bows to a roaring audience, it wasn’t just a career milestone—it was a full-circle moment.

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 ...

Over a hundred community members gathered in the Roone Arledge Auditorium on Sunday night for Ijoya’s first ever showcase, a landmark event for the Columbia African dance team. Under the auditorium’s ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia >> Dancers, drummers and Namibia’s president and first lady welcomed U.S. first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday as she opened a five-day, two-country visit to Africa aimed at ...