Dancing at Dusk — A Moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring (image courtesy polyphem Filmproduktion) In mid-March, as the sun set on a beach in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, 38 dancers gave a ...

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 ...

Map of Senegal in Africa -- Introduction -- Transatlantic travels of West African dance -- The New York dance floor -- Navigating Transatlantic flows -- Re-choreographing Sabar -- The kinaesthetic of ...

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, ...

Dance instructors from Senegal visited CSUN’s Satellite Student Union on Wednesday night to teach students African dances as part of the African Week. Dance performer and instructor Oumar ‘Niancho’ ...

NDOYENNE 2, Senegal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Commanding pride of place in her village in Senegal, 90-year-old Daba Ndione leans back in her chair and watches the younger grandmothers pull each ...

A student dance troupe at Santa Clara University is using the Internet to talk to dancers in Senegal and choreograph a performance with them -- and to present that performance online this weekend. The ...

Santa Cruz is known to have a plethora of cultural dance and features an authentic cultural African experience. Amongst the talent here are Santa Cruz residents Mbor and Oumou Faye, originally from ...

A Senegalese restaurant, dance club, and community center in the Mission for 20 years, Bissap Baobab, will close at an as-yet-undetermined date. Owner Marco Senghor is preparing to sell the Mission ...

It’s been a tough couple of years for Marco Senghor, the owner of the Mission’s popular Senegalese restaurant/nightclub Bissap Baobab, neighboring cafe Little Baobab, and a second Bissap Baobab in ...

BRATTLEBORO -- The Interactive Arts Collective announces the eighth annual Abene African Dance and Drum Festival from Aug. 24-26 at the (air-conditoned) Stone Church, 210 Main St. The festival ...