Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Skidmore College is well-known for its hands-on approaches to education.

Olivia Stepp said she's been "bit" by the rippling drum rhythms and authentic dances from a rich Guinea culture built on generations of storytelling. Stepp's classic ballet training did not prepare ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Seny Tatchol Camara, giving instructions on how to strike the drum. Credit: Brian Slattery Photos ...

The third annual African Diaspora Dance and Drum Festival of Florida, presented by Delou Africa Inc., comes to town this weekend, with 24 dance and drum workshops taught by world renowned artists who ...

FLINT, MI — Since the age of five, Kevin “Baba” Collins has had some sort of instrument in his hands and had a hunger for learning about his culture and its history. “I’ve been studying music ever ...

ATLANTA - "Listen, and let your body move." That was the advice we received last year ahead of a unique festival in Atlanta -- and this weekend, we're ready to do it all over again. The 14th annual ...

Is it possible that rhythms pounded out on African drums can have a healing effect on our troubled world? After sitting in on a practice session of Ballet Manden, a West African drum, dance and ...

It’s a Monday evening — after work for most everyone in the brightly lit studio. But here the 13 women and three men are giving off white-hot energy. The men rhythmically and ferociously beat the ...