The dancers follow a long-established sequence of characteristic dance steps in imitation of movements brought from Africa by the slaves. ... of hopping step, as well as the zapatero, or tap dance.

Step Afrika! is one of the largest Black dance companies in the U.S and with its colorful, high energy fusion of many cultures, it is one of a kind. The company is the brainchild of C. Brian ...

Step Afrika! is a world-renowned performance group that combines the traditional art of stepping from HBCU fraternities and sororities with modern dance elements and African dance elements to ...

Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union ...

Africa is a big continent, and its dance encompasses a spectrum of movement. Many varieties can be seen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s DanceAfrica festival.

Wesley Morris, reviewing 12 Years a Slave in Grantland, connected the dancing scene to Miley Cyrus's notorious back-slapping of an African-American dancer at this year's MTV Video Music awards ...

We call something that is easily done a "cakewalk." But why? The surprising answer dates back to a dance popular among slaves and plantation owners in the pre-Civil War South.

On board slave ships during the Middle Passage, enslaved Africans were frequently forced to dance. Once a day, some of them were brought up from the hold and encouraged to drum, sing, and dance.

A dance form created by African slaves and brought to the Seychelles in the 18th century, "moutya" was added to UNESCO's list of intangible heritage on Wednesday, bringing global attention to the ...