The École des Sables has established itself as Africa’s premier dance-training hub. Yet money concerns, and a new port nearby ...

The Department of Dance at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance presents Touch a Breath — The Body Tells, an MFA Thesis performance choreographed by Gloria Ahlijah (Sitso) at the Dance Building Friday ...

When most people think of African dance they imagine celebratory, picture-postcard ritualized movements—swooping arms, undulant shoulders, thundering foot-stamps. But there's a revolutionary cadre of ...

At its premiere in 1913, Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked audiences and divided critics. The ballet centred around a straightforward yet brutal narrative – a community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MARRAKECH – It wasn’t that long ago that filmmakers Maba Ba and Mamadou Dia were touring Senegal with an inflatable screen so that ...

Performances in N.Y.C. A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch’s canonical work around the world. “I’ve always felt that this was an African dance,” said Germaine Acogny. Dancers, drawn ...

The evening will begin with El-drick Aboagye of Ghana leading introductory class in the art of African dance. Bryan Andres Salinas, from Colombia, will then take participants through a beginner salsa ...

South African-born choreographer Andi Schermoly, introspective and troubled over the status of women in the world, has ...

Just as great pressure creates diamonds out of coal — the world’s largest diamonds come, after all, from South Africa — man’s injustice to his fellow man can paradoxically create great art: an art of ...

Some members of the group in a pose after receiving the award Noyam African Dance Institute has been awarded at the just-ended Ghana Dance Industry (GHADI) Awards for its exceptional works and ...