West African dance is characterized by its rhythmic patterns and energetic movements. The style emphasizes circular arm ...

The first time Dr. Ruth Eshel witnessed esketa (which means shoulder dance, in Amharic), she was astounded. “I knew immediately that this was something new and different, something I had never seen ...

On October 14 at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael, California, at a performance for 400 middle school students from six different Bay Area Jewish day schools, the members of the Beta Dance Troupe ...

Beta Dance Troupe (beta is an Amharic word meaning house) presents a unique program of traditional Ethiopian Jewish dance (mainly “eskesta” – shoulder dancing – an Ethiopian traditional dance) and ...

Students from Ethiopian International School kept the audience enthralled with their impressive performance of ethnic African dance at the global food festival at Riyadh golf course. The students got ...

It didn't seem like the scene could get any sunnier Sunday, as thousands of Ethiopians and admirers of Ethiopian culture gathered on the north shore of Oakland's Lake Merritt -- the women in ...

Chanting and clapping as they dance to the haunting rhythm of drums, the inhabitants of Harar, a fortified Ethiopian city seemingly frozen in time, celebrate the festival of Shuwalid, keeping ...

Watch the mesmerizing multidiscipline performance of “Lesanu” from Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show. Released in May, Washington called the 12-track Fearless Movement his “dance album,” though ...

The word "debo" is an archaic Ethiopian expression that, at its core, means "collective communal effort." It makes perfect sense then, that Sub Pop recording artists, Debo Band use that word as the ...

From the decor to food to the clothing of the servers, the owners of Eyo Restaurant aim to make everything at their second Ethiopian eatery a little more authentic. “All the spices and herbs are flown ...