TOUBAB DIALAW, Senegal (AP) - The glow of a tobacco pipe illuminates the stage before dancer Germaine Acogny begins to move. She uses a simple black cloth to portray her many identities: African, ...

DanceAfrica is now a 39-year program at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, bringing varied African cultures to the stage in a short annual festival. This year's opening night of SENEGAL: DOORS OF ANCIENT ...

Thanksgiving weekend has a lot of traditions — besides turkey, there’s the parade and Black Friday shopping. Philadelphia is home to another tradition that’s decades strong. The Philly-based African ...

TOUBAB DIALAO, Senegal — Twenty-five dance companies from across Africa descended on a Senegalese fishing village over the weekend for the African Dance Biennial, the continent’s largest showcase of ...

The last time this company was here, in 1998, it performed Pangols, a compendium of Senegalese music and dance designed to show the spiritual nature of all beings and things. The new work on its ...

If you haven't yet landed on who to root for during the World Cup, you should seriously consider getting behind Senegal. Sure, the men of the Senegalese team have made headlines for their incredible ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The UB Center for the Arts will continue the 2002-03 KeyBank Dance Series with Le Ballet National du Senegal at 8 p.m. on Nov 7 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on ...

TOUBAB DIALAO, Senegal (AP) — Twenty-five dance companies from across Africa descended on a small Senegalese fishing village over the weekend for the African Dance Biennial, the continent’s largest ...

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Students stretch before rehearsal at the Ecole des Sables founded by legendary Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germain Acognyin in Toubab Diallaw, Senegal on Tuesday. Credit: AP Sign up for the ...