Deep in the French countryside sits a medieval castle, Château des Milandes, with a most unlikely history. Akio, from Japan, and his brother, Brian, from the north African country of Algeria, have ...

“Josephine Baker was a trendsetter and the trend, in my opinion, was Blackness,” award-winning ballet soloist Gabe Stone Sheyer said poignantly about the legacy of the renowned dancer 100 years after ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Associated Press Nov 30, 2021 Nov 30, 2021 0 FILE - Performer Josephine Baker strikes a pose during her Ziegfeld Follies ...

In Josephine Baker's memoir, "Fearless and Free" — an English translation (from the French) was published in February — she described the moment she left the United States as an unknown dancer in 1925 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the curtain rose on La Revue Nègre, a jazz and burlesque show featuring Black artists at the Théâtre des ...