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 ...

A 74-year-old surfer and master of classical Japanese dance may seem an unlikely member of a seniors’ breakdancing group, but Saruwaka Kiyoshie said getting her feet wet in the sport was a no-brainer ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick At Japan Society, “Nihon Buyo in the 21st Century,” a rare showcase in New York of this style of Japanese dance, forges a link between ...

Breakdancers and other performers in Japan's first professional hip-hop dance league are helping drive growing interest in ...

Even a well-oiled machine like “America’s Got Talent” can run into some friction from time to time. Duo Dadiva, a balancing act duo from Cuba, divided judges Simon Cowell, Sofía Vergara, Howie Mandel ...

He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime destruction. By Alex Williams Ushio Amagatsu, an acclaimed dancer and ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It’s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave. “Expression is ...

Magic on stage: Takemi (sitting, left) peforming in the ‘Magical Night’ play at the Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theatre in Nizhny Novgorod. — AFP En pointe, demi-pointe, entrechat – for Jotaro ...

Portland Japanese Garden will bring a centuries-old Japanese tradition to life this weekend with its annual Bon-Odori Summer Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23. A highlight of summer festivals in Japan, ...

Post-war Japan was home to exciting new theatrical forms. These included the often grotesque and contorted, but at times flowing, dance style “butoh”, created by dancer/choreographer Hijikata Tatsumi ...

The life of Japanese dancers in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod revolves around their art Russia has some of the world's best ballet academies, but some foreign dancers left after Moscow sent troops to ...