ODC/Dance Artistic Director Brenda Way and ODC School Director Kimi Okada were first impressed with Gypsy Snider's choreography after attending her hit show "Dear San Francisco" at Club Fugazi.
At the Folklore Society’s 66th annual concert, musicians from all corners of America performed all manner of Americana.
Last Thursday, she led a Yiddish dance night at Black & Tan Hall, alongside live klezmer music performed by The Rhapsody Project Klezmer Jam as well as Christina & the Zamlers. A very ...
Young men from the Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble showcase their athletic skill in dances that call for leaps and kicks. Why is the young man at right leaping over a kitchen utensil? Well, this is part ...
Long confined to tourist clichés, Swiss yodelling is moving on from being a folkloric curiosity. This ancient Alpine vocal technique, which alternates between "chest voice" and "head voice", was ...
The BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble brought family history to life through dance, and this year's performance of 'Journey.' "The idea here is that all of us as individuals come from something ...
Beneath festive fabric swags draped across the ceiling and bright fluorescent lights, about a dozen people glided across a wooden floor, swaying, spinning and tapping their feet to music. The group at ...
Dressed in a blue brocade blouse and kasavu mundu, and accessorised by beautiful and tasteful jewellery, S. Varada painted a pretty picture at the Thekkinkadu Maidan, as she talked about how much it ...
Lohri, celebrated every year on January 13, is one of the most vibrant winter festivals in North India. It is most popular in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, where people gather around a ...
A devastating fire ripped through Le Constellation, a popular bar in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana in the Valais canton, claiming nearly 40 lives and leaving 119 people injured on New ...
On November 8–9, the fourth pan-European gathering of the Armenian Folk in Motion initiative took place in Munich, themed A Tribute to Resistance. Active for nearly two years, the movement has ...