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What types of dances do you teach at the Bi-Okoto Center? Primarily we focus on traditional West African dance. We sometimes have students who want to try dances from other regions in East or South ...
Warren, Pa., and Ghana in West Africa are separated by over 5,000 miles. But the two cultures came together Wednesday at St.
(KATU) — Next month, the Sebé Kan West African Dance and Music concert returns to the Newmark Theater. We sat down with the founder of the dance company to learn more about the traditional West ...
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — PIX11 News is honoring Black history by examining traditional dance workshops in greater detail. PIX11’s Kirstin Cole was at the Jamaican Center for Arts and Learning on ...
SHARON, Pa. (WKBN) — African dance can be a celebration of community and culture. On Wednesday, the movements of West African dance were featured on the Penn State Shenango campus. The Balafon ...
Three times a week, dancers from the National Ballet in the Central African Republic rehearse tirelessly to bring to life traditional dance forms from different ethnic groups across the country.
Why is she a Trailblazer? As an African-American woman, Florence Price combined the traditions of classical music with the sound of spirituals and West African rhythms and dance from her own culture.