Ailey II is a national treasure, one of just a handful of touring dance companies with the versatility, efficiency, malleability and bedrock creativity to work on a wide variety of stages and ...

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HOUSTON, Texas -- Lauren Anderson considers the Houston Ballet studio her second home. Weeks ago, she found herself shut out because of the pandemic and extreme weather. However, she has plenty of ...

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

The OHIO School of Dance welcomed Urban Bush Women, a dynamic Brooklyn-based, Black women-led dance-theater company, for a ...

Stafford Berry Jr., director of Indiana University's African American Dance Company, was recently honored in the first group of artisans and folk-artisans given the Midwest Culture Bearers Award. We ...

She joined the kickline and broke the color barrier. In 1988, 19-year-old Jennifer Jones became the first black Rockette when she danced with the iconic group for the Super Bowl halftime show. “It was ...

The dancers unionized in May. As nine former members of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) seek reinstatement into the group, the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) has issued a Do Not Work ...