Dancers emerged from their places on wooden tables as lights came up on the blackbox stage on Nov. 14. The dance showcase’s ...

Editor's Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star ...

“They did a thing for the ancestors,” Abdel R. Salaam told Observer, “and then the rains came.” He was talking about his recent trip to visit the Baka people in the Dja Faunal Reserve, located in ...

The evening also includes “Grace,” Brown’s first commission for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and a work that helped ...

For 30 years, beginning in the 1980s, the South African dance pantsula has grown in popularity in the black townships surrounding Johannesburg, but it's only become a mainstay of the capital city’s ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook As crowds of students rush from one class to the next, eat in dining halls in the next building, ...

South African dancers made history recently, returning from the 2025 Dance World Cup in Spain as overall World Champions in the Junior and Senior Hip Hop Divisions. Marking a new chapter for South ...

Ione Nash, 97, a performer and instructor who helped launch an African dance movement in Philadelphia and continued dancing well into her 90s, has died. Family members say Nash died in her sleep early ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans of all walks of life are dancing to “Jerusalema,” a rousing anthem to lift their spirits amid the battle against COVID-19. In response to a call from President Cyril ...