Step Afrika! Takes Center Stage in New York City
Step Afrika! is bringing rhythm, movement, and storytelling to New York City with two major cultural moments this summer. From a limited run of The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence at The Joyce...
View ArticleIABD Honors Step Afrika! with the Jeraldyne Blunden Local Innovators Award
On February 7, 2026, the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) presented Step Afrika! Founder and Executive Producer C. Brian Williams with the Jeraldyne Blunden Local Innovators Award...
View ArticleReview: Step Afrika!’s ‘Magical Musical Holiday Step Show’ at Arena is a...
DC Theater Arts reviewer Sherrita Wilkins gave us the definitive description of Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show when she dubbed it a “joy coma.” “The audience is the show’s heartbeat,”...
View ArticleWUSA9 Spotlights ‘Step Afrika! Celebrating 30 Years’
The night before Step Afrika! Celebrating 30 Years premiered at Strathmore, Step Afrika! welcomed WUSA9 into the space for a preview of the production and a 1:1 with Step Afrika! Founder and Executive...
View ArticleBroadwayWorld Features the Finale of Step Afrika!’s 30th Anniversary Season
Step Afrika! will conclude its historic 30th Anniversary Season with two performances at The Music Center at Strathmore on June 27 and June 28 featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock®. Capping off a season...
View ArticleC. Brian Williams Sits Down with Living Local DMV
Step Afrika! Founder and Executive Producer C. Brian Williams sat down with DC News Now’s Living Local DMV to talk about the Company’s culminating 30th Anniversary performances at Strathmore! The...
View ArticleStep Afrika! Celebrates Juneteenth on FOX5’s Good Day DC
Step Afrika! kicked off Juneteenth 2025 with a performance on FOX5’s Good Day DC! This appearance spotlighted the Company’s performances at Strathmore June 27-28, 2025, celebrating 30 years of...
View ArticleC. Brian Williams Speaks at UDC Commencement, Receives Honorary Doctorate
When C. Brian Williams launched a one-time cultural festival in Johannesburg at age 25, he never imagined he was laying the foundation for a groundbreaking arts organization that would span continents....
View ArticleReview: Step Afrika! Community Day
For more than 30 years, Step Afrika! has worked to uplift the legacy and tradition of the African American art of stepping, and on Feb. 15, with 268 steppers at the National Building Museum in...
View ArticleStep Afrika! on the Kelly Clarkson Show
This Black History Month, Step Afrika!’s Founder and Executive Producer C. Brian Williams joined singer, songwriter, and television personality Kelly Clarkson on her daytime TV show! Source
View ArticleStep Afrika! Makes History, Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for Largest Stepping...
New York City, NY – February 16, 2025 – Step Afrika! has officially set the Guinness World Record for the Largest Stepping Dance, uniting 268 participants on February 15th to achieve this historic...
View ArticleStep Afrika! Step Classic on FOX5 DC
The Company and Step Afrika! Artistic Director Mfoniso Akpan joined FOX5 DC hosts to discuss the Step Afrika! Step Classic and provide an in-studio performance! The Step Afrika! Step Classic is a...
View ArticleWatch Step Afrika! Give a Performance LIVE on the TODAY Show
Step Afrika! spread holiday cheer on the TODAY Show with a stepping workshop and in-studio performance! Thank you for tuning in for this milestone as we celebrate the final leg of our 30th Anniversary...
View ArticleReview: Step Afrika!’s ‘Magical Musical Holiday Step Show’ Unifies Audiences,...
Despite what’s been described by many as a divisive moment for the United States, Step Afrika!’s “Magical Musical Holiday Step Show” unifies audiences in the name of highlighting Black art forms and...
View ArticleAndscape Celebrates the Launch of Step Afrika!’s Step Classic
Written by Cayla Sweazie for Andscape When C. Brian Williams, a Howard University alum and member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, founded the Black dance company Step Afrika! in 1994, he had no idea...
View ArticleStep Afrika! Announces Inaugural Step Afrika! Step Classic
December 17, 2024. Washington, DC — Step Afrika!, the world’s leading authority on stepping, is proud to present its first-ever Step Afrika! Step Classic, a three-day celebration of culture, community,...
View ArticleReview: Step Afrika!’s ‘Holiday Step Show’ is back and better than ever
Only after I caught my breath, only after the music stopped, only after my joy coma subsided, did I realize that Step Afrika! had once again pulled off a phenomenal holiday show — filled with...
View ArticleStep Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show on FOX5’s Good Day DC
FOX5’s Good Day DC welcomed back Step Afrika! for the FIRST sneak peek of the 2024 run of Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show, running December 13 – 22 at Arena Stage. WATCH THE FEATURE ON...
View ArticleSan Francisco Classical Voice Welcomes Step Afrika! to the Bay Area
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence is far more than just a highly acclaimed dance-theater production. When the multimedia show from Washington, D.C.-based dance company Step Afrika! lands at...
View ArticleStep Afrika!’s ‘The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence’ on Chicago’s...
“”Step Afrika!” is the world’s leading authority on the artform of stepping, and this weekend they’re performing the Chicago premiere of ‘The Migration’, telling the story of the Great Migration of the...
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