The crosswalk is her dance floor. Esther “Star” Bishop’s bread and butter is safely escorting kids across a Bedford-Stuyvesant intersection – while simultaneously shaking her hips and twirling to ...

When director Spike Jonze was preparing his first movie, “Being John Malkovich,” 20 years ago, he couldn’t stop listening to “The Rockafeller Skank,” otherwise known as “The Funk Soul Brother,” a hit ...

Fans of Sia can rejoice after the elusive pop singer announced her long-awaited 10th album will drop May 3. The Australian star, 48, shared the dance track “Dance Alone” — featuring fellow Aussie ...

She can dance, she can jive, she’s having the time of her very long life. It’s been decades since Dinkie Flowers danced professionally, but her advanced age hasn’t stopped her from busting a move, ...

PBS’s Independent Lens series tackles the history and cultural impact of funk music in its latest 90-minute documentary, We Want the Funk! The film, co-directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, ...