Dance historians and musicologists have offered different accounts of the juba dance form, but most agree about its African origins — in parts of West Africa, it was called Giouba, and later ...

It's an art form that's spanned generations — evolving across centuries, continents, cultures — from the drum-like Juba dance of enslaved Africans to the modern Bop.

Complete Information About JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance – Student Showcase in Chicago at Studebaker Theater. Join us at the annual Rhythm World Student Showcase to see and hear tap ...

The Chicago Human Rhythm Project welcomes you back to The DuSable’s Black Legislators Auditorium, to premiere a new tap dance work ...

Complete Information About JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance – Rhythm World Concert 1 in Chicago at DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center.

One unintended upshot of banning drums was the development of body percussion: juba, hambone, tap dance, stepping.

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.

Talk about masters! Each evening in the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s final weekend features a different tapper with decades of dancing under his belt. Harold Cromer, who performs Friday, was ...

Both concluding movements are fast and return to the juba dance concept. They contain hints of fiddles and banjos, antic slide whistle effects, and a recurring three-against-two melody which end ...

Benjamin Lamar was born and raised in the south side of Chicago and has absorbed all its musical lessons from the last 50 years. Currently based in Brazil, the sunniest aspects of these traditions ...

Tonight, the Chicago Human Rhythm Project presents “JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance”, a free performance featuring many of the world’s most celebrated tap dancers. Artistic ...