Want to convince your friends you’re a bigger music snob than they are? Here’s a cheat sheet: an interactive timeline showing the birthplace and evolution of different genres of western dance music.
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Dance to Belong: A History of Dance at 92NY testifies to 92NY as a key site ...
I loved Dance Moms. I’m not ashamed to admit it was a guilty pleasure right up there with Bad Girls Club. The mix of extremely talented kids with unhinged parents was a recipe no one could replicate.
This summer, the American Dance Festival celebrates four decades of bringing global modern dance to Durham and Duke University. But ADF’s fortieth anniversary tells only half of its story; the ...
We have proof that humans have been dancing as far back as prehistoric times. They danced for their god or gods, to celebrate major events, and just for fun or exercise. Proof of early dancing has ...
Dance music is rooted in Black culture and gay culture, however, that has been forgotten over the years due to the white-washing of the genre. In celebration of Black History Month, we remind readers ...
Founded five years ago and recipient of a 2019 Ruth Page Award, the Chicago Dance History Project has steadily built a digital archive of original and collected research documenting theatrical dance ...
Check out this deep dive into the history of hip-hop, popping, locking and house to find out how these seminal street dances elevated, empowered and united dancers across the globe. Hip-hop broke out ...