The art of dance places the "dancing body," alive and vibrant, in relation and in dialogue in/with/by/for the environment. African-inspired dance, or Afro dance, participates in the construction of self, the Other, knowledge, the environment and the world, while being an ode to death and birth, to drought and rain, to cultivation and the harvest, to suffering and joy, to slavery and liberation, to hostility and love. The percussions impart to the dancing body a rhythmic presence in the world and synchronise it with the other living beings. There is, therefore, a need to focus on the dancing body's relationship with the environment, and especially with regard to Afro dances. This article is centered on the links between dance and the environment. The aim is to explore the relationship to the environment with Afro dance, in their corporeality, theatricality, historicity and “mondialité” (according to Edouard Glissant’s concept of “mondialité”).