Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A solo by the choreographer Bintou Dembélé, the first showing of her work in the United States, explored the crossover between hip-hop and diasporic ...
When most people think of African dance they imagine celebratory, picture-postcard ritualized movements—swooping arms, undulant shoulders, thundering foot-stamps. But there's a revolutionary cadre of ...
OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 11 (Reuters) - On Benin's national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and ...
(AP) — Performers of the Gule Wamkulu, or “the great barefoot dance,” are seeking to counter such negative impressions and rehabilitate the group’s reputation in society. HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Deep ...
"Gimme de kneebone bent" : music and dance in Africa -- "Keep to the rhythm and you'll keep to life" : the style of African American vernacular dance -- Overture to vocal choreography : vernacular ...