By: Kelly Rocheleau AUBURN — Jaquiel the Voice, one of the performers at the Harriet Tubman Freedom Music Festival in Auburn Saturday, said he felt like he was in the presence of history in

By: David Wilcox david.wilcox@lee.net The visage of Harriet Tubman herself will be watching over the fourth edition of the Auburn music festival in her name. This year’s Harriet Tubman Freedom Music Festival, taking place

International Producer & Master Teacher Sean McLeod is the founder of McLeod Technique Reinforced Motor Function for Ballet Application, which supports classical ballet with scientific construction allowing dancers to grow in the art with

Ballethnic helps to launch and host the inaugural Black Dance on Tour!!! Black Dance on Tour is an exciting new way of dancing with some of the industries most exciting Master Teachers! The tour

By: Kelly Rocheleau kelly.rocheleau@lee.net SYRACUSE — Sean McLeod said he wanted to create a space where men could express themselves. In the Footsteps of Martin: A Conference for Men, allowed McLeod to do that,

Sean McLeod Special to The Citizen – Oct 7, 2018  Arthur Mitchell is a dance icon of monumental proportion. He was the light and way for many black classical ballet dancers, but he is not

AUBURN — Roberta Williams said she was humbled to receive an award named after iconic abolitionist and famed Auburn resident Harriet Tubman. Williams, a lawyer who has worked with women who have been mistreated in

HIT: To an Auburn summer weekend packed with events that brought people together to remember the legacy of Harriet Tubman. Saturday featured the Harriet Tubman Freedom Awards, with a celebratory gospel brunch at the Auburn

  EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) – This week on Newsmakers, Dan continues his discussion with Sean McLeod, award-winning composer, choreographer and president of the New York Institute of Dance and Education in Auburn. This

David Wilcox david.wilcox@lee.net Dec 17, 2017 When international choreographer and Auburn native Sean McLeod thinks about where he currently is, and what he’s doing there, one word keeps coming to mind: “crazy.” McLeod is