The highly anticipated 8th edition of “Danse Afrikana, the Lagos Festival of African Dances”, took centre stage on Saturday, ...

Jazz music is an inherently elusive genre. While its roots stem from influences like European harmonics, African rhythms, ...

Steppenwolf’s LookOut series steps up. The Joffrey and Hubbard Street have winter series. And look for some big-name ...

The majestic dancer transcended both mediums and categories, working as an actress and choreographer and toggling between ...

Dancers from Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia demonstrate the fundamentals of their styles, revealing deep historical roots.

Jacob Collier has been announced as one of the headliners for the 23rd Cape Town International Jazz Festival, set to take place on March 27 and 28, 2026, at the Cape Town International Convention ...

Ismail Mohamed-Jan - better known by South African jazz fans as Pops Mohamed - has passed away at the age of 75. His life in music represented a struggle against narrow, oppressive definitions - of ...

Utter silence accompanies the faceless stranger in the corner of the screen. The room is empty, save for a glowing lantern beside him, its flame throwing shadows on the wall. Dark red and violet light ...

Just as great pressure creates diamonds out of coal — the world’s largest diamonds come, after all, from South Africa — man’s injustice to his fellow man can paradoxically create great art: an art of ...

Roughly a month ago, Jazz at Lincoln Center launched its 2025-26 season with a new work by a major American composer and musician conceived in the agreed-upon general style of African music. This past ...

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 ...

A whole lot of soul is the goal every time Giordano Dance Chicago commands the stage. The award-winning, Chicago-based jazz dance company even has its own technique: the Giordano Technique, which is ...