At the heart of the performance, sophomore Jocelyn Chu, president of the KU Lion Dance Team, sets the rhythm, her steady pulse guiding the dancers through synchronized routines. The spectacle is part ...
This weekend marks the start of the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon. Many Asian cultures celebrate Lunar New Year with varying traditions. San Diego Legendary Lion Dance Association explains ...
If you’ve been to a Lunar New Year parade or festival, it’s very likely you’ve seen a lion dance performance. Along with foods like dumplings and noodles and traditions like giving red envelopes ...
Both a ceremonial custom and a dynamic sport, lion dancing is a cultural practice that spans generations and continents. Both a ceremonial custom and a dynamic sport, lion dancing is a cultural ...
A lion dance performance in Chinatown by LionDanceME. Photo courtesy of LionDanceME. Norman Lau’s LionDanceME — arguably the world’s most active lion dance group — had just put on 300 shows in two ...
The event is intended not only to show and share Chinese culture, but is also a way to connect Chinese-Americans to their history. “As generations go on and on, you start losing the education about ...
For the past two years, I've been documenting the lives of youths at the East Wind Foundation, a nonprofit organization in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, at the Alpine Recreation Park. Here, ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The loud metal clang of symbols and the booming thumps of drumbeats echo down Grant Street in San Francisco's Chinatown. Senior instructors and students of Yau Kung Moon Kung Fu ...
Robert Yu put on a large colorful lion head and matching pants, then took to the stage at Westfield Garden State Plaza recently and performed the Chinese lion dance to the beat of a drum before dozens ...
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