Schedule announced for 27th Annual Black Arts Festival in Atlanta
buzzz worthy. . . This summer, the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) continues its 27-year tradition of offering stellar artistic and educational programs in music, dance, film, visual arts, theater and literary arts and of attracting audiences and participants from the region and around the world to Atlanta. The season launches in mid-July with programming through mid-September that spotlights dance and the dancers, choreographers and dance companies - the luminaries and trailblazers - who shaped and defined the discipline. Featuring performances and discussions, the season focuses a historical and critical lens on dance and performances by dancers from the 18th to the 21st centuries and the impact of traditional, social, modern and contemporary dance forms, styles and genres, among them African, the juba, chica, the Ring Shout, the Lindy Hop, Charleston, hip hop, tap, modern/experimental and competitive street. The 27th Annual National Black Arts Festival Schedule: NBAF Gala...