It's hard to watch the students learning to dance in the small Binghampton church without smiling. The room is dark, and the lack of strong central air conditioning makes it a little hot. But the ...

ASHLAND — Bichini Bia Congo: Authentic Congolese Dance and Drum will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Paramount Arts Center. Bichini Bia Congo (BBC) is an authentic Congolese dance ...

VATICAN CITY Congolese dancing and singing enlivened St. Peter s Basilica on Sunday, as Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for Catholics from the violence-wracked African nation and denounced arms ...

When Biza Sompa attended a factory workshop in Detroit, the dancer’s accent drew a lot of attention. “It was really interesting because a lot of the young people I met over there, black and white, ...

NGOMA HERITAGE Local Congolese-American drummer Kiazi Malonga is the son of Malonga Casquelourd, founder of Fua Dia Congo, the Oakland-based dance-and-drum group that introduced Congolese music and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. “West Central Africa, popularly known as Congo or Bantu, brought a trove of ideas ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation (NOJHF) presents a Tom Dent Congo Square Lecture on stick-fighting dances of the Caribbean and early New Orleans. It will be at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center ...

Congolese choreographer Fabrice Don de Dieu Bwabulamutima believes in the healing power of dance. He travels with his drama and dance company to refugee camps across the Democratic Republic of the ...

Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's venerable La Creche bar like little has changed in the Congolese capital since the ...

Congolese choreographer Fabrice Don de Dieu Bwabulamutima believes in the healing power of dance. He travels with his drama and dance company to refugee camps across the Democratic Republic of the ...