The TéMaTé Institute for Black Dance and Culture hosts an annual dance convening that demonstrates the artform's ability to ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — In continued celebration of Black History Month, the Rootead Youth Drum and Dance Ensemble (RYDDE) performed in their annual fundraiser showcase. RYDDE, Rootead's pre-professional ...
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black Archive & Library at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American ...
While blackface is slowly fading from existence in the Western Hemisphere, China appears to be blissfully unaware. On Thursday, the country staged its national New Year’s holiday celebration with ...
KanKouran West African Dance Company proved it can change and grow at Saturday’s 29th annual concert at Lisner Auditorium. Longtime artistic director Assane Konte featured original works by three of ...
Bakari Juma, another member of the troupe and an acrobatics performer for more than 10 years, said his dream is to become a ...
FlamenKhoi is a fusion of the Spanish flamenco dance with the rhythmic but ritualistic traditions of the Khoi San and other dance styles of the African sub region. A relatively new South African dance ...
Guggenheim Award-winning dance scholar and choreographer Dr. Kariamu Welsh, the creator of the African dance technique Umfundalai, will join Drexel University for a discussion and demonstration on ...
As an art form based on moving bodies through space there’s something deeply satisfying about artistic director Deborah Vaughan celebrating Dimension Dance Theater’s 50th anniversary in Mills ...