There’s something almost magnetic about carnivals. The energy, the colors, the way a whole city seems to pulse with life.

Zangbeto: In African Voodoo culture, the Zangbeto dance is dedicated to the night watchmen, in which a tent-like structure is activated after special chanting, and it dances continuously. Zangbeto ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Cleo Parker Robinson Dance’s winter season is looking up in more ways than one. In addition to previewing a $25 million addition to its headquarters in ...

Utter silence accompanies the faceless stranger in the corner of the screen. The room is empty, save for a glowing lantern beside him, its flame throwing shadows on the wall. Dark red and violet light ...

Just as great pressure creates diamonds out of coal — the world’s largest diamonds come, after all, from South Africa — man’s injustice to his fellow man can paradoxically create great art: an art of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Ruth E. Carter is a trailblazer, a history maker, and a two-time Oscar-winning creative force in cinematic costuming. The exhibition of her work opens Saturday, November 1, at ...

"Black Panther" fans can see the armor worn by T'Challa and the female warriors of Wakanda up close starting next weekend. The African American Museum in Philadelphia will soon welcome a traveling ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

Dance Gala, which dates back to 1981, showcases a variety of student dancers and faculty choreographers. This year’s performances take place on Oct. 17 and 18, featuring five different dances, all ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Collaborating with the choreographer Jamar Roberts for the New York City Ballet fashion gala, Iris van Herpen created costumes that merged fantasy and form. Collaborating with ...

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...