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 ...

In a world that often tries to label African women, the film Black Women and Sex lets them write their own stories. This ...

For most people, JaQuel Knight’s name will forever be linked to one of the most iconic moments in pop culture history.

House music, like hip-hop, was born in Black and Latinx queer communities in the 1970s and 1980s and quickly spread across clubs and radios globally. Women have always been central to this evolution — ...

Bodies, voices and drums blended and exploded with frenzied energy as the Boka N’deye Pan African Drum and Dance Company brought “Festival Africaine!” to Hayden Hall Saturday night. Performing the ...

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 ...

Nyoka Wotorson has been dancing as far back as she can remember. But it wasn't until she got accepted into The Juilliard School's small but mighty Dance Division, and training in its revamped program, ...

Mthuthuzeli November was determined to get out of his impoverished home town. Now he has his work alongside George Balanchine ...

India Bradley has become the first Black female soloist for the New York City Ballet company. Bradley was promoted alongside five other soloists, including Victor Abreu, Dominika Afanasenkov, Naomi ...

As a youngster growing up in Hazelwood, Demeatria Boccella didn’t see Black women in arts and fashion. It has been her ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, who founded Urban Bush Women four decades ago, says goodbye to it with a final work. By Brian Seibert Sometime in the early ...

"Bottom of the Pyramid" was once an insult for Nia Sioux. She's reclaiming it. The "Dance Moms" alum talks relationship with Abby Lee Miller and more.