THE techniques and repertoire of traditional African music are handed down by word of mouth. There are skilled musicians who make music their profession. However, participation in music is generally ...

Alseny Soumah and Kemoko Sano sat on a window ledge in downtown Oakland on a warm Sunday evening, resting after a hard practice session of their life's work: dancing and drumming. The two men couldn't ...

She flows and crashes, like water. Her hips whip like waves in the wind. Her legs, dark chocolate and smooth as silk, kick and crash in a stern, matriarchal stomp. And she manipulates the flow of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art can take many forms but for one dance group in Lake Worth Beach, they're teaching their members and the community all about ...

The KanKouran, West African Dance Companyhas been around for four decades, three generations, and is drawn together by the drums, dance, and culture. Eileen and Kidd were joined by Nzinga Tull, senior ...

If the legs and arms of the Kazamba Dance & Drum Group members ever get heavy while they boogie along the Fiesta Flambeau Parade route, one look at a wide-eyed child in the crowd is enough to ignite a ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

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Each of the traditional folk, dances which performs on festive days in the northern region, features different tunes and dance languages, but they all show the people's wishes for a peaceful new year ...

ATLANTA - "Listen, and let your body move." That was the advice we received last year ahead of a unique festival in Atlanta -- and this weekend, we're ready to do it all over again. The 14th annual ...

The kids of Hartford’s Proud Drill, Drum & Dance Corp want to end violence in their neighborhoods. The after school program, founded seven years ago by Hartford resident Terry Starks and her husband ...

Travel Weekly's Nicole Edenedo joins the women of Dumbutu village near Kiang West National Park in The Gambia for a drum and dance circle. Source: Nicole Edenedo My father is Nigerian, from the ...