Picture it: You’re in your grandma’s or great aunt’s backyard and Frankie Beverly’s Before I Let You Go begins to play. All of the grown folk rush to the center, and some of your little cousins follow ...

West Las Vegas Arts Center performance ensemble member Dedrick Stewart was visibly tired after the fifth run-through of his solo routine to Stevie Wonder’s “Living for the City.” Teacher Avree Walker, ...

The International Association of Blacks in Dance will launch a national campaign this month highlighting the contributions of Black artists to American culture. The “Black is American Art” campaign ...

It has all the hallmarks of an old-fashioned head shop: hemp necklaces, tie-dye shirts, abundant Grateful Dead iconography, air thick with patchouli and incense. But inside the hippie hideaway It’s a ...

Dr. Natasha Moreland Spears is stepping down as IABD's Co-Executive Director on February 28. Since becoming co-executive of IABD, Ingram has co-lead IABD's growing team of change makers in delivering ...

Dr. Natasha Moreland Spears is stepping down as IABD's Co-Executive Director on February 28. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Association of Blacks In Dance (IABD) announced ...

Professor of practice Michelle N. Gibson and eight B.F.A. students traveled to the 35th International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference, “The Bridges We Build: From Revolution to Legacy.” ...

Alabama State University dancers perform at a previous year's International Association of Blacks in Dance conference. This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth ...

There’s a saying, “If it doesn’t exist, create it.” This was the case after Jerome Wetzel heard a rather novel podcast a decade ago. The Columbus writer was pondering his next project when he ...

15:46, Thu, Dec 19, 2024 Updated: 15:55, Thu, Dec 19, 2024 A huge airport in West Africa once served two million passengers a year before being overshadowed by a new, much larger, international hub ...

Who are the organizations behind this convening? IABD is dedicated to preserving and promoting “dance by people of African ancestry or origin,” and strives to ensure that this art form is “revered, ...