Raymond Wise, the executive director of the institute and director of the choral ensemble, said “Potpourri” was created about ...

Stafford Berry Jr., director of Indiana University's African American Dance Company, was recently honored in the first group of artisans and folk-artisans given the Midwest Culture Bearers Award. We ...

As the tap dancer yields the stage, she hands the beat, quite literally, to the beatboxers. The first performer starts his ...

The incisive Djembe drumming of Brytiece Wallace sets the scene. Akim Funk Buddha ripples bodily suggestions of South African ...

An African American Performance Showcase” is returning to the IU Auditorium after taking a year off to celebrate its 50th ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- At King Elementary School in southwest Fresno, students have been learning about African American culture through dance. This year, 18 students at Martin Luther King ...

Wilmington Ballet is more than a dance school; it is a center for authentic arts education, preparing students for ...

Ailey II is a national treasure, one of just a handful of touring dance companies with the versatility, efficiency, malleability and bedrock creativity to work on a wide variety of stages and ...

African American dance: a complex history / Thomas F. DeFrantz -- Christian conversion and the challenge of dance / P. Sterling Stuckey -- Dance and identity politics in American Negro vaudeville: The ...

Spearheaded by dance pioneer Najwa I on Chicago’s west side in 1977 and officially incorporated in 1979, NAJWA Dance Corps has carved out a path for Black creatives and has inspired audiences with its ...

We hear of the value of asking our elders about our culture before it's too late, before they die along with their troves of historically personal facts. A dozen reviewers chose nine finalists from ...