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Dancing

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The Art of the Lion Dance

Woods Landing-Jelm, Wyoming

Woods Landing Bar & Cafe

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

The Hokey Pokey.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

North Shore Dance Paving Stones

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

Merrie Monarch dancers in 2006.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the ‘Olympics of Hula’

Hawaiʻi's Merrie Monarch Festival is arguably the most prestigious event of its kind.

Ligaya Malones April 4, 2019

Phoenix, Arizona

World Championship Hoop Dance Contest

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

Grave of Callum DeVillier in Minneapolis’s Lakewood Cemetery.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Grave of Callum DeVillier

For posterity, a singular achievement: 3,780 hours of dancing.

Couples at dance marathon in Washington, DC, in 1924.

The Grim, Depression-Era Origins of Dance Marathons

The common fundraising events known as walkathons started as an exploitative entertainment craze.

Katie Thornton February 8, 2019

Here's looking at you, dandy horse.

4 Vaguely Historic Anniversaries We Overlooked in 2018

Matthew Taub December 26, 2018

Reviving—and Reinventing—the Magic of Khmer Classical Dance

Cambodia's first LGBTQ dance company has big dreams.

Lizzie Philip December 10, 2018

Video • AO Docs

The Inspiring Story of Cambodia's First LGBTQ Dance Company

Moulton Crow Men.

Moulton, England

Moulton Crow Fair

Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.

Ridder, Kazakhstan

Filles Dansantes

A statue of traditional Kazakh dancers adds some beauty to this Soviet-era mining city.

The hole.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cain’s Ballroom

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

Tanaquil Le Clercq signs books during the signing of The Ballet Cook Book at Bloomingdale's, in New York, alongside Jacques d'Amboise and Melissa Hayden in 1967.

How a 1960s Cookbook Became a Window Into the Secret Lives of Ballet Icons

The out-of-print book became a ballerina’s second act.

Trina Mannino April 4, 2018

Heads up!

Bwaaat! How the Air Horn Made Noise in Pop Music

Christina Ayele Djossa February 8, 2018

An 1850 drawing of the Peesten Tanzlinde.

Kasendorf, Germany

The Dance Linden

For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.

Riff Raff.

Hamilton, New Zealand

Riff Raff Statue

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

Permanently Closed

Woodpecker Disco

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.