Audiovisual materials created for an exhibition on African American Dance, held at the Arts and Industries Building December 14, 2000 - June 1, 2001. More than 300 paintings, photographs, sculpture, ...

Tap dance is as much a part of Americana as blue jeans, barbecue or the Statue of Liberty. While not as popular today as it was during its “Golden Age” from 1920 to 1940, the American art form has ...

Collectively, it feels as if we’re experiencing the worst of the world, everywhere, all at once. But as always, Black people have found ways to take back their joy, and resist oppression through a ...

RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ) - The Ailey II Dance Company will perform at Radford University Friday, September 26, as part of the University’s Performance Series. Dance has a way of evoking emotion and telling ...

Recently, videos of a Zulu parade in New Orleans went viral on the Internet. Held during the Mardi Gras, the parade had participants dressed in afro wigs, coconut-coloured clothing and black faces, ...

Raymond Wise, the executive director of the institute and director of the choral ensemble, said “Potpourri” was created about 30 years after the three ensembles formed. It serves as a way for the ...

From preface to the books of American Negro spirituals / James Weldon Johnson -- Aesthetic of the cool : West African dance / Robert Farris Thompson -- Africa and the West Indies / Marshall Stearns ...

The Swing Out Civic Club, which has been teaching dance since 1994, is keeping the tradition alive through classes, events, and community outreach.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture has become a target of the Trump administration. The museum's director has stepped down since the White House began examining its exhibits ...