It was made clear that current politics demanded attention and care not just to performance or production, but to the ...

African American dance: a complex history / Thomas F. DeFrantz -- Christian conversion and the challenge of dance / P. Sterling Stuckey -- Dance and identity politics in American Negro vaudeville: The ...

This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

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.

In a joyful expression of West African culture through dance, music and storytelling, the youth and professional dance companies from Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Mardi Gras is the largest Carnival celebration in the northeastern hemisphere and the result the contributions of many different cultures. Black Masking Indians helped to bring ...

FARGO — Ever since Olasunkanmi Olanrewaju moved to Fargo in 2022, he’s had one goal. He’ll accomplish his objective this Saturday, Aug. 31, when the All African Festival U.S.A. kicks off at Broadway ...

Misty Copeland, who became the first African American woman promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 85-year history, will take ...

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 ...

Standing three stories tall on Eighth St. in Washington, D.C. lives the Ujamaa School, the oldest independent African-centered school in the U.S. Founded on May 4, 1968, the Ujamaa School shelters a ...