Giordano Dance Chicago knows how to mark a milestone, and it’s had more chances than most dance companies. Now in its 60th season, the storied jazz dance company has survived every stone thro… ...

The history of several musical genres and dance was brought to life June 15 as the TMM Project visited the Denham Springs-Walker Branch of the Livingston Parish Library.

This December, the Performing Arts Series at the University of Nevada, Reno presents a refreshingly unexpected performance from San Francisco-based polyrhythmic dance and music ensemble, La Mezcla. On ...

Now, she wants to see Black dance celebrated both in history and today. That’s what “The Jazz Continuum” does with an all-Black, intergenerational cast of dancers and musicians. “It’s a ...

Chicago jazz artists jammed on the South Side in the Jazz in the Alley sessions of the 1960s and 70s. On June 10, a one-night-only event will pay homage to these jams at The Auditorium Theatre ...

The New Yorker, February 15, 1969 P. 29. Talk interview with Leon James and Al Minns, 2 middle aged Negro jazz dancers who will present a history of jazz dance at Town Hall on March 1.

Although the history of Jazz music is complex and often debated, historians, for the most part, agree on the geography of its origins. Jazz started as a uniquely American sound, forged in the ...

In the 1920s, the recording industry was still new, and broadcast radio was even newer. Much of society considered jazz “the devil’s music,” but teenagers have always loved to dance—and ...

Founder of legendary Waves Jazz Dance Company shares his story in powerful new memoir 02:05. ... "It's a great part of Philadelphia history," a dancer told CBS News Philadelphia. And yes, ...