PBS

African Dance and Music

Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids learn about West African dance and music. Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids learn about West African dance and music. They listen to a griot (storyteller), make and ...
Charlotte Observer

UNCC professor builds community through dance and pride in African traditions

There are many peaceful ways to get your message across in protest: Marches, sit-ins, taking a knee. Tamara Williams, an assistant professor of dance at UNC Charlotte, uses dance. She co-founded ...
Kansas City Star

Inside KC’s thriving African drum and dance community, younger than ever

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 ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

‘We’re not in it alone’: Building community for Black dance

Ayodele is a Yoruba word meaning “joy in the home,” and the Chicago-based Ayodele Drum & Dance imparts the joy of these African arts through adult and youth classes, workshops and performances—all ...
New York Post

The Beat Goes On: Tradition and change at St. Ann’s popular African dance program

This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. Students form a circle in the middle of the room, as loud, pounding music plays ...
The New York Times

Dada Masilo, Who Fused Ballet With African Dance, Dies at 39

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 ...
WUNC

Chuck Davis - Founder Of African American Dance Ensemble - Dies At 80

Chuck Davis, the founder of the African American Dance Ensemble died Sunday in Durham. Davis is most known as a choreographer of African Dance and was called "Baba Chuck." He founded the Chuck Davis ...
The Conversation

The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential

Lliane Loots does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Oak Ridger

Review: African, Korean, Indian dances delight Oak Ridge audience

Toe-tapping and clapping, an enthusiastic audience at the Historic Grove Theater, gleefully watched well-trained area residents perform West African, Korean and South Indian dances. Ramya S. Kapadia, ...
WTOC-TV

Savannah woman brings year-round African dance and Kwanzaa principles to community

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Imani Poole’s connection to African culture and dance started before she could even remember. “My father was probably celebrating it before I was even born,” Poole said. Her ...
Metro Times

Fatou-Seydi Sarr traveled halfway around the world to find African dance in Detroit

On an August evening on the second floor of the Fitness Works gymnasium in Detroit’s New Center, a dance class is in full swing as six women step up a storm. They make sweeping movements with their ...