On today’s special Sound Kitchen, Susan takes you to Paris’s Latin America House for a taste of George Jackson de Llano’s photographs of the Nahua rain dances in Guerrero, ...
South African choreographer Robyn Orlin's lastest work explores the story of Sarah Bartmaan, a South African woman who became known as the Hottentot Venus when she was brought to Europe in the ...
Among the Mandingo-speaking people in eastern Casamance and parts of Gambia, the kankurang is a spirit embodied by a masked dancer, regarded as the main custodian of Mandingo celebrations ...
Salsa legend, Joe Arroyo, died in Colombia on Tuesday at the age of 55. We take a look at his legacy he leaves and Latin American music’s roots in the days of slavery.
Watching five dancers leap from chair to table and back with almost mechanical precision is one of the arresting moments at this year’s Avignon festival.
French choreographer and dancer Roland Petit, who helped set up Les Ballets des Champs-Elysees and formed several more dance companies, has died Sunday aged-87 in Geneva.
The Avignon festival directors appoint an “associate artist” each year to contribute his or her vision to the festival programme. This year it's choreographer Boris Charmatz.
