“Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to ...

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 ...

Ann-Marie Shapiro is sweating and catching her breath as she sits to put on her shoes in the great room at the Channing-Murray Foundation. She looks physically spent but elated. The 41-year-old ...

Dance as viewed through our modern lens is centered on entertainment. You can hardly look at a music video, sports game or viral clip that doesn’t involve the latest dance move of the moment. Thanks, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Esraa Warda, who grew up in Brooklyn, takes the North African dances she learned as a child and brings them to the stage and dance studio. By Madison ...

A proudly South African moment went viral after a man delivered an impressive Zulu dance, leaving both live crowds and social ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by New York is getting to know the work of Gregory Maqoma, which borrows from Western and South African traditions. By Brian Seibert Someone is weeping.

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 ...