As a student at Howard University, C. Brian Williams became familiar with step within his fraternity, and later explored similar dance practices with the gumboot style of South Africa. Williams ...

The five-year partnership between Step Afrika! and Arena Stage in D.C. kicks off Tuesday with “Drumfolk,” running through June 26. “We’ll be at Arena Stage for 32 performances,” . “I’m so excited ...

On an upraised platform flanked by tall, clay-red sticks, sinewy bodies soar through the air and step to the beat of bellowing quick-paced drums. More than a dozen performers gather onstage, stepping, ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A cultural history-based performance dance troupe is bringing their show to New York. The Step Afrika! production of "Drumfolk" is based on historic events that took place in ...

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Combining the past, with slaves using their feet and floors as drums, with the present, and step lines created on college campuses; Step Afrika! returns to Boston with “Drumfolk” at the Emerson ...

It’s been over 25 years since C. Brian Williams started showcasing stepping as an artistic dance form with Step Afrika!, and it’s been over 30 years since he was introduced to stepping as a student at ...

HOUSTON — You can catch Step Afrika's performance of Drumfolk this Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm CST. The performance will take place at performing arts Houston's Cullen Theater, Wortham Center.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Step Afrika!'s high energy, full-bodied percussive dance returns to The ...

For three decades, Step Afrika!, the world’s first professional company dedicated to the art of stepping, has danced to the beat of a different drum. Yet, the idiom takes on greater meaning when it ...

HOUSTON – C. Brian William, a Houston native, founded Step Afrika! (always with an exclamation) in 1994. It’s the first dance company dedicated to the art of stepping. They’ve toured more than 60 ...

In 1739, 20 enslaved Africans in the American colony of South Carolina used their drums to initiate a revolt against their slaveholders. This drive for freedom, known as the Stono Rebellion, caused ...