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 ...

The African Dance Biennial, Africa's largest contemporary dance showcase, took place in Toubab Dialao, Senegal. The event ...

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, ...

When German expressionist choreographer Susanne Linke visited Senegal in 1998, her collaboration with the men of Compagnie Jant-Bi produced Le Coq est Mort (The Cock Is Dead). And this Euro-African ...

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 ...

Surrounded by smiling students, dance pioneer Germaine Acogny leads a masterclass in the open-air studio of her school on the Senegalese coast. At 81, the founder of African contemporary dance ...

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 ...

Senegal coach Pape Thiaw says he hopes Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final against hosts Morocco will not be Sadio Mané’s last appearance at the tournament, insisting the national icon is far from ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The École des Sables has established itself as Africa’s premier dance-training hub. Yet money concerns, and a new port nearby, make its future precarious. Credit...Imane Djamil ...