Dance

Practice, pain, pure energy: North Carolina A&T cheerleaders are the real MVPs

As Aggies enjoy The Greatest Homecoming on Earth, the Gold Squad’s athleticism is the heart of stomp ‘n’ shake

Deconstructing the Alcorn State/Fleetwood Mac mashup: Players only love you when they back that thang up

Combination of HBCU dance troupe and California classic rock is joyful but also illustrates the burdens on black creativity

In honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Dance Theater of Harlem tells its audience to ‘keep movin’’

Dancer Carmen de Lavallade and civil rights activist Xernona Clayton were feted at the company’s season-opening performance

South African choreographer reinterprets ‘Giselle’ as a vehicle for female rage

Dada Masilo’s ballet recalls Angela Bassett’s famous torching-the-Beemer scene in ‘Waiting to Exhale’

Choreographer Camille A. Brown is free to nae nae and bop and juba around the country

Her new work ‘ink’ explores the grace and democracy of African-American social dance

The message to NFL players: Dance for us, but don’t kneel

Demonizing black protest while allowing black celebration has a deep historical context

Full-figured dance group Pretty Big Movement fights size discrimination

‘People judge you based on your size without giving you a chance to prove yourself’

The streets and scenes of Misty Copeland’s trip to Havana

Barbershops, barres, murals, relaxing dancers, and love: a photographic journey with a prima ballerina

‘Live your Life’ — hip-hop choreographer Tricia Miranda on her rise to the top