Revival putting Manx dancing back on the map

What began as a small idea has grown into a cultural movement on the Isle of Man, reflecting a wider appetite for reconnecting with Manx traditions. For dance teacher Gráinne Joughin, the increased ...
The New Yorker

Dances of the Georgian Court and Countryside

Also: Bang on a Can and St. Vincent in Richard Foreman’s “What to Wear,” the celestial folk of Cassandra Jenkins, Jennifer ...
Waging NonviolenceOpinion

Dance and music are potent forms of cultural defiance in Palestine

With Palestinian history censored by the Israeli occupation, youth programs preserve collective memory through traditional ...
Zhila Beauty on MSN

A night at the Kurdish ball in London

I hosted my very first Kurdish Ball in London and this video shares a glimpse of the night. From my red Kurdish dress to live ...
bianet

Kurdish band Koma Amed’s concert in İstanbul canceled hours before showtime

A planned concert by the Kurdish folk band Koma Amed in İstanbul on Dec 20 was blocked just hours before it was set to begin by the Küçükçekmece District Governor’s Office. The group, whose members ...
Greek City Times

The Dance of Zalongo: The mass suicide of Souliote women and their children in 1803

The Dance of Zalongo, the mass suicide of Souliote women and children, is one of the most infamous events in modern Greek history. The Souliotes were an Eastern Orthodox community of the area of Souli ...
Al-Monitor

Syria’s Kurdish artists defy ISIS mentality through music, dance

Seven women swathed in chadors, their eyes barely visible through netted apertures, stride purposefully toward seven marble headstones in a forest clearing. A lone woman in traditional Kurdish garb ...