The inaugural Australian Dance Biennale and an expansive music program make up a considerable part of the 2026 RISING program.

Music history has a funny way of remembering the loud voices while quietly shelving the revolutionary ones. We celebrate Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach without question. Yet ask most people to name a ...

Modern Black femme artists are reveling in the spoils of dance music reentering the mainstream, not that it hasn’t been here all along. Staking claim to 1990s house music were vocalists Caron Wheeler, ...

Alexandra Light, a former principal dancer with Texas Ballet Theater in Fort Worth, is now making her mark behind the scenes. Though retired from performing, Light remains at home in the rehearsal ...

Amplifying the camaraderie, creativity, strength and vision of Black female choreographers is the foundation of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s presentation of “Power & Presence,” coming March 1 ...

Step into almost any day party, house party, or nightclub and you’re sure to hear dance music made by Black women and femmes. Amapiano, house, Jersey club, and jungle: the sounds that make up a rich ...

From top left to bottom right: Aluna (courtesy of Claire Farin), mini bear (courtesy of Sarah Northrop), Kito (courtesy of Yasi), XIE (courtesy of DNZ Media) and SITA (courtesy of @sendfrijoles).

(RNS) — Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism’s powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred dance. (RNS) — In her early teens and early 20s, Halo Seronko struggled with ...