The event will feature a performance of African American plantation folk dance dating from 19th century African slave communities in "Discovering Juba Dance." By: Chloe Rabinowitz Jan. 25, 2023 ...

The evening will start with a "Juba" dance from Haiti, a celebration of the harvest. The tempo of the piece is slower, with graceful, flowing movements, said Kiteya Vasquez. That will be followed by ...

Katherine Dunham was known as the “matriarch and queen of Black dance.” She was a dancer and choreographer, also an ...

Description: This is the inaugural performance of the Juba Dance Ensemble under the direction of Crystal Newson. ... Times: 10 a.m. - African Dance 11:30 a.m. - Jazz Dance 1 p.m. ...

She said, "This was Florence Price’s Americana, so we hear spirituals, we hear call and response gospel, we hear the juba which was an African American plantation dance." Hayghe is the featured ...

This kind of body percussion forms the basis of the Juba Dance that inspired the third movement of Florence Price’s Symphony No.1 in E minor. African drums echo the patting, slapping rhythms as ...

Africa’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, turns 80 on 28 May.I have had the privilege of meeting the Senegalese artist, learning from her, and interviewing her as part ...

Over a hundred community members gathered in the Roone Arledge Auditorium on Sunday night for Ijoya’s first ever showcase, a landmark event for the Columbia African dance team. Under the auditorium’s ...