SAN ANTONIO – Nereida Burgess knows she’s not far from her native island of Puerto Rico when she starts dancing. “It’s a very joyful moment for me. It’s like I’m feeling that come back home,” she said ...

Throughout July, Mid-Missouri Dancers have brought in instructors to teach different European-style dances to Columbia residents. The lessons taught so far have been for teenagers and people who are ...

While practicing a folkloric dance from Veracruz, Mexico, on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Henry Maier Festival Park, a group of dance students balanced candles on their heads while making quick steps and ...

The dance tradition has survived five centuries of cultural changes and fused Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past with its present Alejandro E. Hernández, Fernando Gumeta-Gómez, Gustavo Hinojosa-Arango, Marco ...

Twice a month, community members come together to hear fiddles, the voice of a caller and join hands in a traditional folk dance dating back to the 1700s — contra dancing. In Urbana, this traditional ...

The dance troupe Ballet Folklorico Mexico performed traditional dances of Mexico Thursday evening at Defiance Community Auditorium as part of Defiance Colleges Schomburg Series. The troupe was formed ...

It’s a muggy afternoon in Bali and there’s marinated snapper grilling inside a bamboo shoot over an open flame. I’ve been invited to lunch at the home of a craftsman who lives in a rural village with ...

TULSA, Okla. — Ballet Folklorico Sol Azteca performed traditional Mexican folk dances at the Rudisill Regional Library on Wednesday. "It's all traditional Mexican dances," explained Sol Azteca dancer ...

After leaving South America for New York, immigrants from Ecuador have continued their nation’s traditions with performances of folk dance throughout the Hudson Valley. In late August, the ...