Dance
DanceAfrica 2013
Created by Chuck Davis in 1977, DanceAfrica—the nation’s largest festival dedicated to African dance—brings together dance, music, film, and an array of community events for an exhilarating celebration of culture from Africa and its diaspora.
Read more about the history of DanceAfrica.
The nation’s largest festival dedicated to African dance welcomes Umkhathi Theatre Works from Zimbabwe, plus many more, for an exhilarating celebration of culture from Africa and its diaspora.
Having collaborated with the likes of Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte, and Afrika Bambaataa, kora virtuoso Abdou Mboup marries jazz with traditional Senegalese dance music.
Creator of the groundbreaking TV show Video Music Box, pioneering hip-hop tastemaker Ralph McDaniels lays down old-school hip-hop beats all night long.
Discover the best new films from Kenya, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and beyond in this cinematic companion to DanceAfrica.
Over 300 vendors from around the world converge on the streets surrounding BAM offering African, Caribbean, and African-American food, crafts, and fashion.
Members of the DanceAfrica 2013 visiting company Umkhathi Theatre Works (Zimbabwe) and Chuck Davis lead two workshops on dance and music.
Grammy-winning vocal ensemble SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK kicks off DanceAfrica 2013.
Grand Baton melds the gwo ka drum rhythms of its native Guadeloupe with prog-rock.
Fela Kuti-style Afrobeat meets tribal house jams in this nine-piece funk ensemble.
Celebrate the 17th year of the BAM/Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation partnership.
DanceAfrica pays tribute to those who have passed on to the ancestral grounds.
BAM awards two- and four-year scholarships to support select students.