If only the nations of this world could get along as well its nations’ dancers do in Coronado each winter, choreographer Betzi Roe thinks the world could be a lot more peaceful and fun-loving place.

There is no livelier venue in town than the Palace of Fine Arts Theater when the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival is under way. At Saturday afternoon’s opening, early-arriving patrons watched a ...

The menu for the annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival is the most reliable indicator of population shifts in the Bay Area. Every year, a handful of companies make their performing debuts in the ...

This has got to be the most peaceful ‘sword dance’ ever,” Christine Ferrato said as four young men, each armed with a wooden spoon or hamburger flipper, faced off, formed a circle, and crossed their ...

Ethnic Dance Theater's director Donald LaCourse shares their costume collection. Fifty-five different cultures are represented in Ethnic Dance Theater, a 36 year-old organization that aims to preserve ...

One of our greatest ambassadors of ethnic authenticity is the Minneapolis-based Ethnic Dance Theater. Since 1974, artistic director Donald LaCourse has tirelessly researched the dances of world ...

Sure, Santa Cruz County has a lot of dancers, but so do a lot of communities. But a better way to understand the region’s deep love of dance is to count the number of its thriving dance subcultures.

Group folk dancing has long been considered a non-verbal, universal language that brings people together. The Midwest Folk Dance Association held its June Camp Folk Dance Weekend, June 12 – 15, at ...

There’s unique. There’s really unique. There’s incredibly unique. And then there’s the new Dance in Queens program at Flushing Town Hall. Over six Thursdays, this six-part lecture-and-dance workshop ...

You can get a good workout traveling around the world without leaving Long Island by dabbling in folk dances from Israel, kicking it Bollywood-style, swaying to the beat of African drums or stepping ...