Lliane Loots works for the Centre for Creative Arts (UKZN) and is the artistic director/curator of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance festival Now in its 23rd year, JOMBA! is a contemporary dance festival ...
Katherine Dunham drew from African and Caribbean traditions to revolutionize dance and create opportunities for Black dancers. In 1950, choreographer Katherine Dunham found herself, not for the first ...
Inspired by double Dutch jump rope moves she saw growing up in Brooklyn, she developed an influential dance technique based on archetypes found in African art. By Penelope Green Growing up in the ...
“Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to ...
A South African dancer and choreographer, she was known as a fearless creative force who brought African dance styles to traditional pieces like “Swan Lake.” By Isabella Kwai and Roslyn Sulcas Dada ...
Locarno Prizewinner Mamadou Dia Readies Feature Documentary ‘Legacy’ About ‘Mother of African Dance’
Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...
As Black History Month winds down, a dance group in Encinitas is inviting the community to immerse themselves in West African dance this weekend. "To wrap up Black History month, I added something ...
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