When she sways to the beat of samba, Megumi Kudo also heals the wounds in her mother’s heart from a huge earthquake that shattered their home city in Japan 20 years ago. This year’s festive menu for ...

The National Ballet of Japan’s Giselle at the Royal Opera House - Alastair Muir Three years ago, not long after Russia (re-)invaded Ukraine, I wrote: “The effective home arrest of Russia’s (often ...

As the story goes, a few thousand years ago a disciple, worried that his mother was suffering after passing away, asked Buddha what he might do to ease her pain. Not much, the faithful man was advised ...

Kick back for a moment and imagine you’re in Brazil, perhaps sunning yourself on Copacabana beach or simply swaying to the rhythm of samba music at the glamorous annual Rio Carnival. That’s the idea ...

PARIS – The U.N. cultural body added dozens of regional traditions Friday to its list of intangible heritage treasures, including Brazil’s samba, Turkey’s whirling dervishes and a “cultural space” in ...

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The statute, officially termed "the Entertainment Business Control Law," forbade dancing after midnight in clubs, bars and most venues. The arcane and sporadically enforced regulation had recently… By ...

For tickets to events at Japan Society, call (212) 715-1258. For the "Turning Japanese" festival, visit www.japan100.org/turningjapanese. The New York Butoh Festival ...

There were a lot of amazing acts on the America’s Got Talent’s premiere, with comedians, ventriloquists, magicians, singers, and more. Now, this week’s episode had something new that was like nothing ...

Japan is in the middle of a nascent belly-dancing boom. Over the last few years, the expressive dance has won a growing number of devotees who are drawn to its colorful garb, captivating rhythms, and ...