WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It’s been over two years since Harrison High School’s Riley Dance Marathon Club has been able to hold a fundraiser to raise money for the Riley Children’s Foundation due to the pandemic. This year, with restrictions easing up, the club decided that their next fundraiser ought to be something big, On Nov. 6 ,the club will be hosting their first-ever Racing for Riley 5K Run/Walk at Cumberland Park South Shelter. “We were just looking for something new because we basically have to rebuild the program

One of the best outcomes of a cultural exchange is when the person on the visiting end has their stereotypes shattered. “Before I visited India, I had this image that everyone in India loves dancing,” recalls Hiromi Maruhashi, who moved to the country to study when she was 24. “But, only after I got there did I realize that not everyone likes or learns classical dance. It’s a minority, and I became one of them.” Maruhashi, now 55, is an expert in Mohiniyattam dance, one of the recognized classical

When Fall for Dance checks all the boxes and puts on a satisfying show, you can’t help but feel a sense of euphoria about the art form and its myriad possibilities. But it’s rare. The New York City Center festival, popular for its eclectic programs and inexpensive tickets, can also make you feel a little sick to your stomach — it’s like being at a buffet and making the terrible decision to gorge on sushi, pizza and every last dessert on the menu. On Saturday night, I didn’t

The Perry community was treated to a free performance of excerpts from Stephanie Martinez’s ballet, “Kiss,” Saturday afternoon in downtown Perry. Workers were seen Saturday morning, constructing leveling the stage prior to the 3 p.m. performance. The 15-person company was composed of dancers from Ballet Des Moines and the Para.Mar Dance Theatre, Martinez’s troupe in Chicago. Rosa Gonzalez of Hispanics United for Perry welcomed the audience of about 30, who assembled in the sunny and crisp autumn weather for the hour-long spectacle. The show began with 12 to 15 minutes of

While dancing in itself requires a lot of talent and skill, a young woman is making waves on the internet for performing traditional Rajasthani dance while skating! Krishna Kanwar Gahlot, a professional speed skater who holds many records, recently participated in a cultural event hosted in the state and has became the talk of the town for dancing to folk tunes while spinning on rollerblades. Donning a traditional attire and jewellery — lehenga-choli with an elaborate matha patti and borla — the young performer was seen dancing as music

The cheers were loud and the audience was on its feet after a special performance at the recent Dancing with the Stars event in Charlottetown, an annual fundraiser for Hospice P.E.I. They were cheering for dancer Cameron Gordon, the first ever contestant with Down syndrome to participate in the fundraiser, held Oct. 16 at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel. "It feels really amazing, I almost cried a little bit," said Gordon after his performance. "The crowd was over the moon and that makes me feel like I can do anything.

The long-awaited return of Broadway has brought back many familiar preshow rituals — and also spurred a few that are new. One takes place a few hours before curtain time in middle of Times Square, under a canopy with a sandwich board sign proclaiming: “Broadway Show Testing Site.” It is there that some of the most dedicated theatergoers in the city — children under 12 who are ineligible for the vaccines theaters require — are taken by their parents to submit to nasal swabs so they can get the negative

ALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — For Mileyka Mateo, dance is everything and always has been. "Dance is my outlet you know if I’m having a bad day, I dance. If I’m having a happy day, I dance. It’s where I get away and where I can find myself," she said. According to her mom, Milka Rodriguez, she was hooked from her first lesson. Rodriguez recalled, "If she was sleeping and I was watching one of her routines and she hears the music she would move her arms in her sleep

PHOENIX — A Phoenix dance academy that has been in the Valley for more than two decades is dedicated to immersing students in Hispanic culture and history. “We teach all the traditional, which are the pre-Hispanic,” Skye Valentine, a director at Ollin Yoliztli Dance Academy, told KTAR News 92.3 FM. “We also teach the creative where we start creating the more structured chirographies and then contemporary.” The students, as young as 3 years old, are taught traditional Ballet Folklorico and wear flowing bright-colored costumes that gracefully move with them as they dance across the hardwood

A dancer, choreographer and CEO of Machol Shalem Dance House in Jerusalem, Edelman is used to hosting an array of dancers, festivals and dance works throughout the year, something that at first glance seemed completely at odds with the social distancing that Covid has brought upon us. And yet, the dance center was determined to keep up its work, giving independent dancers a platform for their creations, connecting them with influencers around the world and promoting dance culture in the city. “We examined what innovative fields and interfaces could work with