dance
May 11, 2013
The belly dance came originally by way of the Middle East. Amalyn Gomez came from Venezuela. The two came together in Tokyo to create a new career for the young woman who once...
April 13, 2013
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko showed off their two-step skills at a charity dinner in Tokyo on April 12, their first such public performance in 20 years.
April 03, 2013
MANILA, Philippines--Six years and 52 million YouTube hits later, Filipino inmates who danced to "Thriller" inside a prison courtyard are getting their stories told in a movie...
January 25, 2013
To an outsider, it might sound kind of spooky to learn that midsummer is when the souls of our ancestors are said to descend to this earthly world to briefly check up on our...
December 09, 2012
American stage director Ross MacDonald has a simple piece of advice for children wanting to learn how to dance: Pretend it’s your last performance.
November 08, 2012
KASHIWA, Chiba Prefecture--Sharply dressed in black suits and matching hats, a troupe of middle-aged and older men are dancing to the bouncy music of the King of Pop, Michael...
August 20, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Students from 15 senior high schools staged stunning performances of hula dance here to encourage residents battered by last year's natural...
August 17, 2012
High school students Minami Nagaike and Anju Matsumoto, who had to evacuate from Fukushima Prefecture after last year's disaster, are coming home, thanks to the hula.
June 18, 2012
KYOTO--Just in time to brighten the spirits of locals during rainy season, geisha and "maiko" apprentice geisha from Kyoto's five major districts, where the geisha tradition...
May 25, 2012
The pioneers of hip-hop on the streets of New York probably never imagined that their cutting-edge stylings would become part of the compulsory curriculum in Japanese junior...
May 08, 2012
In the world of video-sharing, the website Nico Nico Douga might seem to attract introverted geeks who prefer to stay glued to their computer monitors at home rather than...
May 01, 2012
A colorful stage full of dancing geiko (Kyoto geisha) and apprentices known as maiko heralded the start of the annual Kamogawa Odori, a traditional event in Kyoto known as a...
March 23, 2012
To an outsider, it might sound kind of spooky to learn that midsummer is when the souls of our ancestors are said to descend to this earthly world to briefly check up on our...
March 07, 2012
When it came to "go time," dance squads from two high schools in Japan didn't get stage fright at a national U.S. dance team competition on March 4.
February 07, 2012
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--Grass skirts and ukuleles are set to make a triumphant return to Iwaki.
October 17, 2011
Five members of the Y-de-ONE Dance School Company, a group based in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, performed from Sept. 26 through Oct. 2, as part of a nine-member Japanese team at the...
September 30, 2011
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture?The hot spring resort made famous by the film “Hula Girls” will reopen at the start of October after being forced to close by the Great East...
September 24, 2011
You see them everywhere, working on their dance moves in front of mirrored office windows and at train stations in the early morning hours. Shouldn't these kids be at home...
August 11, 2011
KOCHI--The Yosakoi Festival, featuring dance troupes performing spectacular synchronized routines in flamboyant costumes, kicked off in Kochi on Aug. 10, drawing a large number ...
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