The Thiossane West African Dance Institute is bringing the sights, sounds and motion of West Africa to Ohio State this week. The Thursday, Friday and Sunday performances in Sullivant Hall will be ...
In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; ...
Christa Fatou recently led a dance class in an old move. Old as from the early 1200s to the 1600s - during the time of the Mali empire. Old as in being accompanied by African drums and not pop, ...
Dr. Charles ”Chuck” Davis founded Dance Africa in Brooklyn in 1977, thereby creating the country’s first festival solely devoted to the legacy of African dance. From that modest beginning at the ...
It's no surprise that Africa is home to loads of great party music, from ancient-style drum rallies to the latest hip-hop hybrids. The surest African spice for a summer party comes from the golden era ...
PORT TOWNSEND — Rae Kala is a traveler — Central America, Mexico, Santa Cruz in California, West Africa — but Port Townsend pulls her back, again and again. In the past, she helped assemble an African ...
The Nefertari African Dance Company was founded as a performing group in 1968. It would provide for young people of african descent, an avenue of expression and pride in the culture of their ancestors ...
If you walked by Mulberry Arts Studios in the past couple of weeks, there's a chance you heard the sound of drums. Not just any drums — traditional African drums, called djembe, that are so ...
Noyam African Dance Institute has staged a brilliant production titled Goli to pave the way for more groundbreaking ...
The annual event is sponsored by the dance department, but incorporates the work of all seven arts majors at the Detroit ...
Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — The dance begins easily enough, with a knock-kneed jump. Then a series of soccer kicks, a sideways prance, a thrusting pump, a backward kick as your eyes ...
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