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Risky Dancing: Inside Argentina's Illegal Milonga Sessions
Despite COVID regulations, elderly dancers have hit the parks of Buenos Aires.
Dancing Is Much Better for You Than You Think
We sat down too much before the pandemic. Here's why you need to keep moving.
Meet the Launda Dancers
Every year, gay and trans men from northern Bengal make their way to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for one of the oldest traditions in the country. Not all come back. And those who do, are never really the same again.
The Pandemic is Resurrecting India's Folk Arts by Forcing Performers to Make Their Online Debut
As marginalised performers find tech solutions to run the show, there is a lot riding on a smartphone and a data plan: their livelihood and the future of their artforms.
This Indian Ballet Dancer Beat All the Odds and Crowdfunded His Way to His Dream Dance School
Four years ago, Kamal Singh first saw ballet in a Bollywood movie. Today, the moving story of the son of an e-rickshaw driver discovering and pursuing his passion for dance has seen hundreds of people raise funds to send him to a top school.
How 'Candy' by Cameo Became a Joyous Black Call To Arms
From hall parties to protests, the endurance of the 80s funk classic shows how music and cultural practice gets passed down from generation to generation.
Dancing on Their Own
Every Sunday, upwards of 10,000 people stream a virtual class that’s not a religion, but it is something to believe in.
Singapore’s Government Wants Kids to Fight Coronavirus With These Dance Moves
“Coronavirus go away, coronavirus go away,” the song goes.
The Origins of Budots, the Philippines’ Catchiest Viral Dance Craze
In “Budots: The Craze,” filmmakers Jay Rosas and Mark Limbaga try to figure out where the budots genre came from.
Dancehall Is Fighting to Protect – and Copyright – Its Dance Moves
The dance moves you might break out at Notting Hill Carnival this weekend are at the centre of an increasingly urgent debate about cultural copyright.
These Activists Think You Can Save the Planet with Meditation
I spent the day with the Dharma Action Network For Climate Engagement and went on a meditation protest.
This Bharatanatyam Dancer is Radically Challenging Racial Stereotypes
“Even now, some kids standing around the temple, will say, “Chinese teacher, Chinese teacher."”