High above Wigan, where wind and whispers meet, a legend is about to awaken. This December, Spirix Collective’s community-led ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Mexican folklore dance troupe based in San Jose says its mission is to promote Pride through performance. The group started nearly a decade ago and wants to continue creating a ...

Showcasing Manx culture at one of Africa's largest folk dance festivals was "an unforgettable experience", the leader of a ...

Nuestras Raíces is a family-run business that has a mission to keep the rich cultural traditions of Latin America alive by teaching and performing dance and music from Ecuador and surrounding regions.

Nov. 2, people celebrated Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. At Latino Arts on the south side of the city, a group ...

Russia is such a vast country that it continues to produce autonomous republics few people outside the region have ever heard of — all with their own folk-dance ensembles. One such place is Adyghea, ...

When COVID-19 ended many of UMass Lowell’s student activities last spring, UML Folk Dance Club President Sarah Bustin didn’t take it sitting down. Life without folk dance would be difficult for Bustin ...

Folk dances are gaining popularity in Mumbai and denting the dominance of Bollywood. An instructor says simple, repetitive steps let dancers show love, laughter and even anger. One city dweller says ...

How can it be that so many people know how to do the Chicken Dance? I’ve been to events where hundreds of people instantly get up from their chairs and start flapping their arms, shaking their hips ...

Folklore, the presumptive champion 2-year-old filly in 2005, proved vulnerable Monday at Santa Anita in her first start since capturing the Alberto VO5 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) Oct. 29.