(JTA) It was a cool spring day in Yilan, a town on Taiwan’s northeast coast known for its picturesque rice fields and delicious spring onions. On a concrete clearing beneath a bridge that doubled as a ...

For Haim Milshtein, running folk-dancing programs is a passion—and a comfort. Photo credit: Hillel Kuttler. Haim Milshtein stepped around the table hosting his laptop, side-stepping the wires running ...

There’s a camp in the woods of Massachusetts where traditional styles of folk music and dance from around the world are kept alive. It’s the oldest continuously operated folk dance camp in the United ...

When COVID-19 ended many of UMass Lowell’s student activities last spring, UML Folk Dance Club President Sarah Bustin didn’t take it sitting down. Life without folk dance would be difficult for Bustin ...

On Aug. 7, as part of the Rosa B. Williams Center’s weekly recurring events, visitors gathered and immersed themselves in the vibrant rhythm and infectious energy of international folk dancing, where ...

RAANANA, Israel (JTA) – Like all other mass gatherings now, Israel’s Karmiel dance festival, one of the largest of its kind in the world, was postponed. The annual fest, which takes place at the end ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Morris dancing, a folk form with origins in the 15th century, is opening up to younger dancers who approach it as a living tradition. Boss Morris, pictured here at Avebury ...