Thiossane West African Dance Institute will showcase West African culture in music, dance and storytelling performances.

Stafford Berry Jr. is one of the first artisans awarded the Midwest Culture Bearers Award for his African-rooted dance, ...

The Village Voice reviews "Edges of Ailey" the Whitney Museum show of the dancer and choreographer contextualized by visual arts.

An Oakland woman has brought the joy of dance and an appreciation for African American culture to performers and audiences for 52 years.

We hear of the value of asking our elders about our culture before it's too late, before they die along with their troves of historically personal facts. A dozen reviewers chose nine finalists ...

The dance world mourns the loss of Judith Jamison, a towering figure in contemporary dance whose influence spanned decades ...

How jazz moved from a position of dominance in popular music to a niche music but also to the status of Black classical music.

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, some musicians are now ...

Local Caption *** Portrait of African American dancer and choreographer Judith Jameson, artistic director for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York, 1997. (Photo by Anthony Barboza ...

Anthony Smith with the Detroit Institute of Arts shares details on their partnership with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company to put on a show rooted in the African American experience.