Dance-based movements are an integral part of many African cultures. These exercises involve rhythmic body movements that ...

In mid-February 2022, during Black History Month, several Snopes readers contacted us wondering whether the term "cakewalk" — a phrase that is often used to describe something that is easy or a breeze ...

Nii Armah Sowah dreaded teaching CU’s “African Dance — Ghanaian” during the pandemic. “The whole course is based on expression and connection,” said Sowah, who’s instructed African dance classes at CU ...

Les Ballets Africains productions are meant for big stages. Their larger-than-life costumes, diverse collection of African drums and theatrical storytelling call for a giant space, but the national ...

Hinsdale South’s 2019 Ethnic Fair was all about dancing, food and connections. Edmund Arroyo, a social worker at the high school who emceed the fair, told the friends and relatives seated in the ...

Are you a dancer? While some of us might answer an adamant “No!” to that question, we were all dancers at some point. In fact, as a three-week-old baby, you were already starting to sync up your ...

If you walked by Mulberry Arts Studios in the past couple of weeks, there's a chance you heard the sound of drums. Not just any drums — traditional African drums, called djembe, that are so ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by New York is getting to know the work of Gregory Maqoma, which borrows from Western and South African traditions. By Brian Seibert Someone is weeping.

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 ...