DJANET, Algeria — In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a shuffling “step-step” to the beat of drums and chanting from ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Esraa Warda, who grew up in Brooklyn, takes the North African dances she learned as a child and brings them to the stage and dance studio. By Madison ...
A dozen Algerian and Burkinabe dancers spin like whirling dervishes in long white skirts. But they're shirtless, look like Chippendale performers, and they're spinning on their heads. That's the ...