The TéMaTé Institute for Black Dance and Culture hosts an annual dance convening that demonstrates the artform's ability to ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Alastair Macaulay EVERY year the Brooklyn Academy of Music holds its DanceAfrica festival. Other cities have their own versions, and they serve a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bakari Juma, another member of the troupe and an acrobatics performer for more than 10 years, said his dream is to become a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This past Friday and Saturday night, Dallas Black Dance Theater hosted its seventh annual “Dance Africa” festival at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, featuring four performing companies: Dallas Black ...