It's a local dance company that brings to life the rich cultural traditions of West African rhythm, dance and song. Performer Karida Walker, along with student performers Nya Walker and Kelis Williams ...

Maybelle Valenti, 9, of Sayville says she likes taking Irish dance classes because she likes the sparkly dresses she gets to wear. But her mother, Juliette, 41, a teacher, likes that her daughter is ...

Rwandan-born choreographer Sherrie Silver knows the exact moment she became an activist. When she was nine, she lost a cousin of the same age to malaria, and wanted to do something to honor his memory ...

MACON, Ga. — Sounds like there's a lot going on at the Hayiya Dance Theatre. This dance studio and cultural arts center dances to the beat of its own drum, but to founder Pilar Lowden– this is what ...

One day she's teaching West African dance classes at the University of Montana. The next day she might be teaching a community class with Unity Dance and Drum, or at the Center for Music by People ...

WHEN the polyrhythms of West African dance meet the transformative drama of German tanztheater -- dance theater -- the result isn't culture shock but culture synchronicity. That's how Senegalese ...

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia ("Nafi's Father") is in post-production on "Legacy," a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...