Dance
For Hundreds of Years, Papier-Mâché Has Lent a Surreal Face to Catalan Culture
Street performers disguised as Giants and Big Heads blend reverence with ribaldry at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
How Armenian Dance Adapted Over Time and Place
Choreography, music and technique are on tap at a Folklife Festival Dance Summit
Unfurling the Rich Tapestry of Armenian Culture
This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a window on Armenian visions of home
Exclusive: Watch a Dynamic Reinterpretation of Joan Baez's "Civil War"
Part of a visual album accompanying the folk icon's new release, this choreographed performance takes a lyrical look at the American conflict
"Lost" Feminist Dinner Set Goes on Public Display for the First Time
The 50-plate "Famous Women Dinner Set" by Bloomsbury Group artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant includes portraits of the well-known and the overlooked
A Classic American Cheerleading Troupe Tumbles to Smithsonian Immortality
"America's Sweethearts" are as dedicated to social service as they are to the Dallas Cowboys
Around the Globe, Revered Artist Ferdinand Hodler Receives His Due, the Portrait Gallery Joins In
A swirl of dance portraits complement a single Swiss loan of Hodler’s Italian dancer
How 1950s America Shaped ‘The Nutcracker’
It took the marketing insight of a Russian choreographer to make it all happen
Do Other Animals Cry and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
John Travolta’s Breakout Hit Was America’s Best Dance Party
It’s been 40 years since ‘Saturday Night Fever’—a gritty film powered by music, machismo and masterful footwork—became a cultural phenomenon
Square Dancing is Uniquely American
Like the culture it came from, square dance has roots in European, Native American and African practices
Watch the Winners of the 2017 Dance Your Ph.D. Competition
From sea stars to mathematical braids, scientists translate their work into hot moves and killer choreography
One Hundred Years Later, the Tense Realism of Edgar Degas Still Captivates
For this groundbreaking artist, greatness was always one more horizon away
New York City Could Finally Lose Its Prohibition-era Dancing Rule
The infamous "Cabaret Law" is rooted in racism
How Brazilian Capoeira Evolved From a Martial Art to an International Dance Craze
The athletic movements may have inspired modern break dancing
Choreographer Bob Fosse Is the Forgotten Author of Modern Musicals
Fosse's signature style influenced everything from Michael Jackson to today's musicals
After 50 Years of Song, Dance, Food, Even Hog Calling, at the Folklife Festival, Is It Still Worthwhile?
Recognizing traditional culture in the information age is ever more important argues the director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
The View From the Big Top
Aerialist and this year's Folklife Festival performer Dolly Jacobs didn't have to run away to join the circus; she lived it
Three Ways Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Changed Dance Forever
Robinson worked throughout his career to make life better for black performers
Ballerina Misty Copeland on Working With Prince, Her Must-See Dances, and Why She Wants to Bring "Ballet Across America"
Ahead of a performance in Washington, D.C., the prima ballerina talks about ballerina bodies and misconceptions about the art form
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