Nyoka Wotorson has been dancing as far back as she can remember. But it took getting accepted into The Juilliard School's small but mighty Dance Division, and training in its revamped program, to ...

“If I could speak my mind, what would I say?” The Ladies of Hip Hop Collective responds to this question through new writings (spoken word tracks), music, and movement spanning dance styles from ...

Jaeran Mauricio is a 16-year-old dancer with neatly braided cornrows falling across his shoulders in a gentle curve. He has the wide smile of a rock star, except his smile is more innocent than ...

Learn about hip-hop culture and how it has shaped Black history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s “Knowledge, Rhythm and Understanding: Hip Hop, Youth and Education,” on Thursday, Feb. 15, ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alicia Graf Mack about how she's reshaping Juilliard's prestigious Dance Division to make it more relevant than ever. West African dance and hip-hop play a key role in ...