Olivia Bell remembers the first time she saw Black ballet dancers as a child at a performance by the Dance Theatre of Harlem in Fort Worth. Seeing Black ballerinas on stage with flesh tone tights to ...

Throughout history, African American dancers, choreographers and instructors (e.g. Kathrine Dunham, Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey, Cab Calloway, and the Nicholas Brothers) have made major contributions ...

Dancer Nia Towe had been keeping a secret for months. Last week, Towe, who was born and raised in Chicago, settled in to watch an episode of reality television with her family and boyfriend. On-screen ...

SAO PAULO — Past the graffiti-covered overpass and subway tracks, in a slum penned in by high-rises, 8-year-old Gabriela Aparecida fixes her curly hair into a bun as she waits for a ride to her new ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by New York City Ballet invited 4,500 students to see the show. We hung out with third graders from Girls Prep Bronx and talked ballet. By Julia Jacobs ...

Guan Yu from the Beijing Dance Academy gives a ballet class to rural girls in Duancun village in Hebei province. Provided to China Daily Every weekend over the past few months, Guan Yu and his wife ...