The 73-Year-Old Senegalese Woman Who Is ‘The Lighthouse At Sea’ For Many Dancers

Germaine Acogny, who says dance is the mother of all the arts, “is best known for fusing West African and modern dance. She has been sharing her decades-old technique with young artists from across the continent at L’Ecole des Sables, French for the School of Sands, in a remote fishing village in Senegal.”