East St. Louis’ artists foster African American dance legend Katherine Dunham's legacy. African American dance legend Katherine Dunham turned East St. Louis into an important hub of the Black Arts ...

ATLANTA — Spelman students took community members on what they called a “herstorical” journey of empowerment through African dance. The Department of Dance Performance and Choreography at Spelman ...

In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, students dance in lapas, West African wrap-around skirts, to the beat of a live drummer on a Djembe drum. The Barnard dance department’s West African dance classes ...