Dance Factory rose to the top at The Dance Worlds, capturing the Open Coed Jazz championship with a standout performance ...

Get into the groove and get ready to dance the night away with this fun, jazz-funk class from dance choreographer Frank Soares. Assisted by Mina Huynh and Suzie Elias, this highly energetic video ...

James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, once said, “Get up off of that thing. Dance and you’ll feel better.” And although that sentiment is more about the mindset adjustment felt when you lose yourself on ...

This week's highlights include jazz, boxing-inspired dance and activist art. In this week's edition of The Short List, arts writer Katherine Kiessling recommends three events she's excited about in ...

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To connect with the Lindy Hop, a form of swing dance born in Harlem in the 1920s, you can look beyond the Lindy Hop. At least that’s the premise of “The Jazz Continuum,” running at the Kennedy Center ...

Join host and choreographer Frank Soares for a 20-minute jazz dance workout, joined by Lilian Gonzalez and Suzie Elias. Get ready to channel your inner Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, or Avril Lavigne with ...

Makaya McCraven’s set at New York’s (Le) Poisson Rouge on Sunday touched on a universe of musical styles. Driving funk, hypnotic reggae, loping odd-time vamps, hectic Afrobeat-esque workouts and more ...

Drummer, composer and sometime vibraphonist Joe Chambers secured his place in jazz history going on six decades ago, though you might not guess it from listening to this album. In the mid-1960s, he ...

Katie Derham considers the world of early jazz dance with Strictly Come Dancing choreographer Ryan Francois, from roots with the black slave trade to Harlem in the 1920s. Show more Katie Derham ...

She was already an accomplished jazz bandleader when she began releasing pop albums for Elektra in 1978. A new best-of compilation looks back at her major-label career. By Giovanni Russonello The ...