Their work songs, dance tunes, and religious music—and the syncopated, swung, remixed, rocked, and rapped music of their descendants—would become the lingua franca of American music, eventually ...

Their work songs, dance tunes, and religious music—and the syncopated, swung, remixed, rocked, and rapped music of their descendants—would become the lingua franca of American music, eventually ...

Music and dance — an integral part of African ... who had a special area in the theater reserved for them. In 1848, African American Peter O'Fake conducted a performance of the Newark Theatre ...

The Village of Hempstead came alive with music, dance, and poetry as the community gathered for a powerful Black History ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the American musical mainstream, creating popular new American music genres ...

The influence of African music is widespread. Elements can be heard in blues, gospel, jazz and Latin American music due to the historic movement of African slaves to the Americas. Millions of ...

(WTVF) — February is Black History Month and the National Museum of African American Music has an ... role in the development of funk. Dance to the Music and Everyday People are just two of ...

Butler brought in movement artist Didi Moloi to instruct the series. Moloi is originally from Lesotho, a country within South ...

She was also the founding director IU's African-American Dance Company. After the pandemic, Santiago, who never had a studio and was freshly retired, said she was "bored." That's how the studio ...

Brown’s “Grace.” “Grace” connects African and American dance, depicting a journey to the promised land set to Duke Ellington’s classic “Come Sunday,” Peven Everett’s hit ...