SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Skidmore College is well-known for its hands-on approaches to education. Recently, the music department presented an example of this with a show by Dr. Ruth Opara’s class on ...

Olivia Stepp said she's been "bit" by the rippling drum rhythms and authentic dances from a rich Guinea culture built on generations of storytelling. Stepp's classic ballet training did not prepare ...

Tiitambe West African Dance Ensemble is coming to Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Chanhassen on Wednesday, April 3 at 6 p.m. to perform free for the public. The musicians celebrate music and dance ...

"Dance and feel better" - that's the motto of longtime dancer Sonya Mann-McFarlane, founder of Lancaster's Imani Edu-Tainers African Dance Company. Mann-McFarlane first encountered the feel-good ...

It’s a Monday evening — after work for most everyone in the brightly lit studio. But here the 13 women and three men are giving off white-hot energy. The men rhythmically and ferociously beat the ...

ASASE YAA African American Dance Theater presents DRUM LOVE. The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space. February 2, 2019 at 7:30pm ASASE YAA African American Dance Theater presents DRUM LOVE on ...

A collective of New Orleans cultural organizations will present MBONGI: Kingdom of Kongo, a series of African dance and drum workshops at Toulouse Theatre. The event offers an interdisciplinary ...

BRATTLEBORO — Master Senegalese dancer and teacher Caro Diallo, who teaches his unique and elegant style of African dance, is back in the area to teach until early October. For 10 years he was the ...

ATLANTA - "Listen, and let your body move." That was the advice we received last year ahead of a unique festival in Atlanta -- and this weekend, we're ready to do it all over again. The 14th annual ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. The date June 19, 1865 is the day slaves in Galveston, Texas learned ...

FLINT, MI — Since the age of five, Kevin “Baba” Collins has had some sort of instrument in his hands and had a hunger for learning about his culture and its history. “I’ve been studying music ever ...