Twenty-five dance companies from across Africa have showcased their talent at the African Dance Biennial in Senegal.

The main studio of the École des Sables, a school near Dakar, Senegal, defies every convention of what a professional dance ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With their dazzling, colorful costumes and energetic dancing, the Ballet National du Senegal offers some of the best folk performance on tour today. The West African company of 40 dancers, singers and ...

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 ...