When Sardia Lewis took the mic on a recent Tuesday evening in the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library auditorium to lead class, you would have never known it was her first time as an instructor.
Gloria Kingcade calls this her ministry. Every Wednesday, she's at the Sheller Center in North Philadelphia, leading a room full of dancers through the steps of soul line dancing. "I've been teaching ...
Every Tuesday before lunch, 78-year-old Sylvia Sherrod attends a soul line dance class at the East Orange Senior Citizens Center. “When the ”Cupid Shuffle" comes on, everybody hits the dance floor,” ...
On a recent Tuesday inside Bowdoin Street Health Center’s community room, a group of dance students stepped in time to singer Keyshia Cole’s “Never.” Their footsteps punctuated instructions from Abiah ...
Every week, Gloria Kingcade teaches soul line dancing in North Philadelphia. Hundreds of dancers from the area will soon travel to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the archiving of the art form at the ...
Willingboro’s Karen Abdul-Malik, an award-winning folklorist and storyteller known as “Queen Nur," had a day fit for royalty Feb. 27. The day started with an appearance on "Good Morning America" in ...