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 ...

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 ...

An Oakland woman has brought the joy of dance and an appreciation for African American culture to performers and audiences for 52 years. Artistic director Deborah Vaughan crafts diverse performances ...

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 ...

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 ...

Muntu Dance Theatre performs authentic and progressive interpretations of contemporary and ancient African and African-American dance, music, and folklore. Their highly innovative repertory preserves ...

It wasn't on purpose that Iris Rosa Santiago opened up a studio offering African diaspora dance genres in the historic Kennedy-King Neighborhood, but it's befitting of her journey. The Iris Rose Dance ...

The African American Dance Company's student organization held its third annual Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration and Student Showcase. The event was held at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center from 6-7:15 p ...

A first-of-its-kind exhibition is helping to uplift and honor the culture and history behind African American dance. On a Thursday edition of Fox 45 Morning News' Hometown Hotspot, Amy Aaronson ...

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 ...

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...