Get footloose with these Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest dance scenes Photographs selected by Quentin Nardi Text by Tracy Scott Forson In the 1500s, ballet roles for female characters were ...

Cherish Jones sat pasting together body parts she had clipped from magazines to form a ballet dancer doing a plie, a move familiar even to non-fans that involves bending both knees outward and dipping ...

PhD (Dance) Candidate and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne Watching dance is watching an extraordinary and fleeting artistic creation that uses an instrument we all have: the human ...

Forget sneakers or cleats and put on those boogie shoes, as new research from Northeastern University finds that dancing can ...

Every Tuesday before lunch, 78-year-old Sylvia Sherrod attends a soul line dance class at the East Orange Senior Citizens Center. “When the ”Cupid Shuffle" comes on, everybody hits the dance floor,” ...

An Orange County flamenco dance program is teaching students not only how to dance, but also about a folk art form that is part of the cultural heritage of Spain. Laura Gutierrez Vila, founder of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Social media seemed to hold enormous promise for the dance field. So why are some dancers and companies choosing to disconnect? Credit...Illustration by Weronika Marianna ...

Shardiya Navratri is one of the most significant festivals in India, which is celebrated with great fervour. This year, it will begin on September 22 and will conclude on October 2, dedicating nine ...