This overview explains the diversity of African dance styles and their cultural significance across different regions and traditions. It highlights key elements such as rhythm, movement, storytelling, ...

This week the African Students Association at Arizona State University and the Phoenix Chapter of The Links, Incorporated collaborated to create the "Afro-Grooves: Dance Series," which aims to connect ...

Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ...

A South African dancer and choreographer, she was known as a fearless creative force who brought African dance styles to traditional pieces like “Swan Lake.” By Isabella Kwai and Roslyn Sulcas Dada ...

Twenty-five dance companies from across Africa descended on a Senegalese fishing village over the weekend for the African Dance Biennial, the continent’s largest showcase of contemporary African dance ...

For one night only, a show at Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center will mix traditional African dance styles and rhythm with contemporary art forms.Step Afrika takes the state at the Aronoff Center on Tuesday, ...

“They did a thing for the ancestors,” Abdel R. Salaam told Observer, “and then the rains came.” He was talking about his recent trip to visit the Baka people in the Dja Faunal Reserve, located in ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

Almost every chart-topping Kenyan song released in the past decade has come with a signature dance style. Dance choreography has evolved just as rapidly, and many young Kenyans have built businesses ...