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African Student Organization’s Dance Battle Celebrates Culture Through Dance

Dec 9, 2024 | Art, Culture, Dance

Northeastern’s African Student Organization, or NASO, hosted their annual Battle of the ASO’s Nov. 16 in Blackman Auditorium. The Battle of the ASO’s brought together African dance student organizations from select universities across Boston and surrounding...

Black Futures: In New Millennium The Dance Remix Reigns Supreme

Mar 4, 2024 | Dance

As dance music crossed into the new millennium, the metamorphic energy of the ’90s entered warp speed. Genres that had birthed subgenres were now resulting in ever more nuanced microgenres. “Broken beat, dubstep, grime, Baltimore and Jersey Club are still...

This Black-Owned Ballet School Empowers Young Dancers

Nov 20, 2023 | Dance

At the beginning of the year, Alishia Abodunde joined her friend, a former ballet dancer from New York, on a trip to the ballet at the Royal Opera House in London. It was her first time going to the ballet, and she fell in love with it. But as she looked...

Kennesaw Dance Studio Celebrates ‘Black Girl Magic’

Oct 16, 2023 | Dance, Entertainment

According to its website, Dynamite Dance Factory is a place that celebrates “Black Girl Magic” all year long. And this morning, that magic was on full display during our visit to the Kennesaw dance studio. Good Day Atlanta spent a few hours...

Misty Copeland’s Dedication To Inclusion Spans Many Projects — And Her Push For New Dance Emojis

Oct 9, 2023 | Dance, Entertainment, Leadership, Women

Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are motivated by her passion to use her platform to promote diversity in all the spaces she inhabits. The first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American...

In Chicago, Keeping Heritage Of Black Dance Moving

Aug 28, 2023 | Dance, History

On a warm July afternoon, Princess Mhoon, the director of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project, was sitting in a bustling cafe on the outskirts of the University of Chicago’s campus in Hyde Park. Wearing a purple and orange dress that billowed around her...