Apart from ballet, the dancers also train in traditional African dance with live drums. It gives the dancers ... "Black ...

Freddie Maxie, left, and Edith Lynn Pickens, right (Geoff Edgers/The Washington Post) Freddie Maxie, 60, and Edith Lynn Pickens, 63, were former Soul Train dancers who flew in from Los Angeles ...

singers and/or dancers from both Western and non-Western traditions who enjoy exploring the dynamic percussive traditions of Guinea. Led by master drummer and dancer, Kerfala “Fana” Bangoura, the ...

traditional tribal music strongly influenced the music of American blacks. As late as 1843, a weekly gathering in New Orleans' Place Congo drew hundreds of traditional African dancers and drummers ...