This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

Ailey II is a national treasure, one of just a handful of touring dance companies with the versatility, efficiency, malleability and bedrock creativity to work on a wide variety of stages and ...

Stuyvesant arts organization launches its 25th anniversary campaign to raise $500K for arts, education and community growth.

Named one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People in the World, Copeland has been recognized for broadening ballet’s reach ...

Collectively, it feels as if we’re experiencing the worst of the world, everywhere, all at once. But as always, Black people have found ways to take back their joy, and resist oppression through a ...

Two dance traditions meet in the new world -- Black dance in the slavery era: the ring shout and buzzard lope -- Early Black festivals and Congo Square -- Solo percussive dance -- The minstrel show ...

Walker joins us, along with his wife Karida Walker, who is a dancer in the troupe; and high school senior Nylah Jae Holt, who has been dancing with Sebé Kan since she was 8 years old. Note: The ...

Misty Copeland, who became the first African American woman promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 85-year history, will take ...

For four decades, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based choreographer Ronald K. Brown has built a body of work rooted in African diasporic traditions and resonating with spiritual transcendence and rich storytelling.

The association of movement and music as a manifestation of a Black conceptual approach to music-making / Olly Wilson -- West African influences and retentions in U.S. Black music : a sociocultural ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.