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Ever experienced "gumboot" or "pantsula" dancing? I'm pretty sure I haven't, which is why I'm curious about the Festival of South African Dance, set for Sunday (Nov. 5) at the Holland Center. The ...

AMHERST - Getting ready for work in the morning. Washing a car. Lifting a heavy object. Changing a radio station in a vehicle. These are just some of the ordinary activities which evolved into ...

South Africa may be thousands of miles away from Amherst, Massachusetts, but thanks to a duo of multi-talented artists, its’ history and livelihood exist closer than ever in the form of dance. Last ...

Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ...

The Festival of South African Dance brings the Gumboots and Pantsula dance companies to Pontiac on 8 p.m. Saturday at the Flagstar Strand Theatre, 12 N. Saginaw St. Tickets are $25-$55. Call ...

JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (Reuters) - Thato Qofela first performed 'pantsula', a symbol of Black South African culture and resistance to the apartheid regime, in his childhood backyard. Now, he is helping ...

For 30 years, beginning in the 1980s, the South African dance pantsula has grown in popularity in the black townships surrounding Johannesburg, but it's only become a mainstay of the capital city’s ...

The rhythms and steps of another culture will be on display Friday night when the Festival of South African Dance stops at Binghamton University’s Anderson Center during the first week of a U.S. tour.

Ask a pantsula how long he’s been dancing, and he’ll pause. Not because he’s doing the math-he’s just trying to remember that far back. These men (and a growing number of women) have been steeped in ...

Pantsula king and dance teacher Teboho ‘Tebza’ Diphehlo will be hosting a virtual global Pantsula Workshop this Wednesday, June 24. The workshop is a partnership with Red Bull Dance Your Style South ...