The Better Family Life Cultural, Educational and Business Center is celebrating 40 years of Black Dance USA: A Celebration in Movement — a dance conference and festival that brings dancers from across ...

‘Igniting Emancipatory Possibilities through African Diaspora Dance’ summit brings experts and new perspective to campus. Dance enthusiasts, artists, scholars, students and practitioners gathered on ...

During his senior year at Atlanta’s Emory University as an African studies student, Kokayi Postell decided to study abroad in Ghana. It wasn’t long before he fell in love with the country’s rich ...

Joburg Ballet will hold auditions for children to take part in The Nutcracker and for professional dancers to join the company on full-time or ad hoc contracts or to enrol in the Joburg Ballet ...

Johaar Mosaval, a South African ballet dancer who was blocked by apartheid-era racial laws from pursuing his ambitions, rose to become a principal dancer with London’s Royal Ballet, and returned to ...

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 ...

Utter silence accompanies the faceless stranger in the corner of the screen. The room is empty, save for a glowing lantern beside him, its flame throwing shadows on the wall. Dark red and violet light ...

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 ...

When Deidre Sears stood center stage at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, watching her students take their bows to a roaring audience, it wasn’t just a career milestone—it was a full-circle moment.

There is more to ballet than a princess, a fairy, and a dying swan, because South African ballet is pirouetting to share robust African stories on a global stage, moving beyond classical archetypes.

BRATTLEBORO >> Georgette Adjie Beighle was born in small village on the Eastern border of Cameroon, West Africa. When she was 9 years old, she was hit by a motor bike on her way to school. The ...