Jacob's Pillow's 2026 festival salutes "mother of modern dance" Martha Graham with a new Hope Boykin work, a Tanglewood ...

(RNS) — Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism’s powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred ...

Amplifying the camaraderie, creativity, strength and vision of Black female choreographers is the foundation of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s presentation of “Power & Presence,” coming March 1 ...

Text by Imani Perry Photographs by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. Videos by Caroline Kim and Alan Lee Jensen Every image here of the dancers Ayodele Casel, LaTasha Barnes and Camille Brown is strikingly ...

"Contemporary Dance in Four Colleges" is a 1952 Perry-Mansfield production that captures the innovative spirit of mid-century American dance education. The film presents dynamic performances and ...

The founder of Texas Christian University’s modern dance program, Jerry Bywaters Cochran, was a proponent of thumbing through fine art books for inspiration — especially ones that featured abstract ...

Modern Black femme artists are reveling in the spoils of dance music reentering the mainstream, not that it hasn’t been here all along. Staking claim to 1990s house music were vocalists Caron Wheeler, ...

Step into almost any day party, house party, or nightclub and you’re sure to hear dance music made by Black women and femmes. Amapiano, house, Jersey club, and jungle: the sounds that make up a rich ...

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University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...

“One Dance,” part of Korean Arts Week at Lincoln Center, puts a contemporary spin on rituals and ceremonies. Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theater, making its United States debut, is bringing its ...

Thrilling performances are not confined to the city’s most-prominent venues; there are also more casual chances to catch a smattering of Chicago dance companies. Chicago Live, which takes place for ...