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 ...

The African Children’s Choir will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at Tri-Village Christian Church in Pataskala. The choir was founded in 1984 by minister Ray Barnett to support the education ...

KALOBEYEI, Kenya (AP) — Beads of sweat drip from the faces of young girls and boys as they dance to the rhythm of traditional drums and open calabashes, while their peers watch them in awe. These are ...

BEST TO KEEP YOUR SLEEP SCHEDULE CONSISTENT. GET A CHANCE TO HEAR THE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR TONIGHT IN GREENVILLE. THAT CHOIR IS MADE UP OF 17 CHILDREN AGES EIGHT THROUGH 11 FROM UGANDA, AND THE ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s a Wednesday night in Charlotte, and you can hear the rhythmic tapping of Mexican folklórico boots from the studio next door. That’s when 12-year-old J.P. Contreras takes a moment to share what ...

Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ...

Africa’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, turns 80 on 28 May. I have had the privilege of meeting the Senegalese artist, learning from her, and interviewing her as part of my ...