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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 ...

Ann-Marie Shapiro is sweating and catching her breath as she sits to put on her shoes in the great room at the Channing-Murray Foundation. She looks physically spent but elated. The 41-year-old ...

Bodies, voices and drums blended and exploded with frenzied energy as the Boka N’deye Pan African Drum and Dance Company brought “Festival Africaine!” to Hayden Hall Saturday night. Performing the ...

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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 ...

CubaCaribe presents its 16th Annual Festival of Dance & Music featuring the world premiere of She Who is Queen/Ada Ara, choreographed and directed by Susana Arenas Pedroso and performed by Arenas ...

A pioneer in the world of dance has been awarded one of the largest cash prizes for artists in the United States. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar founded the dance ensemble Urban Bush Women in 1984. It was one ...

“Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to ...