For four decades, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based choreographer Ronald K. Brown has built a body of work rooted in African diasporic traditions and resonating with spiritual transcendence and rich storytelling.

NARBERTH, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Melinda Pendleton is the director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, which her parents founded roughly 50 years ago. There, she knows the importance of not only ...

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. Students form a circle in the middle of the room, as loud, pounding music plays ...

It was opening night at the Brooklyn Mirage, a seasonal night club in East Williamsburg. In the main area, about five thousand people were bobbing and waving along with an English d.j. named Chris ...

VESTAL (WBNG) -- An assistant professor in the Africana Studies Department is sharing his knowledge of song and dance with students. Samuel Elikem Kwame Nyamuame a native of Ghana and has a background ...

A Belgian dancer surprised South African pupils at a local school with his amapiano skills in a fun viral moment that ...

It wasn't on purpose that Iris Rosa Santiago opened up a studio offering African diaspora dance genres in the historic Kennedy-King Neighborhood, but it's befitting of her journey. The Iris Rose Dance ...

On a chilly October night, the dimly lit lounge of Rock Steady — a popular Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Midtown — is notably empty. Staffers are preparing for what’s supposed to be a busy night ahead.

Misty Copeland, the first African American ballerina to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, teaches ...