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 ...

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 ...

FLINT, MI — Since the age of five, Kevin “Baba” Collins has had some sort of instrument in his hands and had a hunger for learning about his culture and its history. “I’ve been studying music ever ...

Dance class, 5:30 p.m. Monday, $15. Drum class (drums available), 7:30 p.m. Monday, $12. Registration: 801-392-6935. Fara Tolno is coming to Ogden to share the drumming and dance of his West African ...

HIGH. LA CASITA OVIEDO CREDIT DE LA CASITA OVIEDO. MERIT A T LO BUFFALO MEDIA LO MARINETTE. CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH RIGHT HERE IN MILWAUKEE. YOU JUST HEARD THE DJEMBE DRUM AND DANCE AND ...

In West African dance, the rhythm of the drums and the movement of the dancer work together in unison, almost as one colorful, throbbing body. Other styles, from ballet to modern, disconnect the two; ...

On a recent Saturday, the main hall of Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center echoed with the sound of drums, playing driving, intricate rhythms together — compelling enough to bring someone in off the ...

Simply the best new dance tracks of the week. By Katie Bain This week in dance music: the king Kaytranada released his fourth studio album Ain’t No Damn Way, a project he says is one that’s “strictly ...

For years, the truism ran that drum and bass, despite pockets of true believers across the nation, would, in America, remain a specialty taste within electronic music, never mind pop. But, over the ...