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Tokushima-shi, Japan

Awa Odori

"The Dance of Fools" is Japan's largest dance festival.
dancing

Watch a Keralan Dancer's Impressively Intricate Facial Twitches

The Ottamthullal dance is a form of political satire.
Atlas Obscura August 8, 2016
film

Will We Ever Know Who Staged This Mysterious Moon Ballet?

A snap from the set of a 1950 sci-fi film has set off a seven-year hunt.
Lauren Young August 4, 2016
dancing

Watch These Death-Defying Mexican Dancers Fly

In a centuries-old tradition, the performers leap from a 100-foot pole.
Atlas Obscura July 25, 2016
underwater

Watch This Pair of Dancers Tango Underwater

Dancing is better down where it's wetter.
David Doochin July 21, 2016
dancing

Watch a Most Violent Dinner-Party Dance

It's okay, they're meant to be hitting and kicking each other.
Atlas Obscura July 14, 2016
colleges

Vintage Photos of Tree Worship at Western College for Women

Tree Day was an annual celebration of nature and drama.
Molly Jean Bennett May 16, 2016
Partying
Trinidad, Cuba

Discoteca Ayala

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.
dancing

The Hopping, Skipping, Handkerchief-Waving Mayhem of Morris Dance

The traditional English folk dance is adapting to the 21st century.
Fiona Young-Brown March 28, 2016
world's fair

The Congressman Who Brought Belly Dancing to America

It all began with "abdominal gyrations" at the World's Fair.
Kat Vecchio March 22, 2016
television

The Surprisingly Deep Influence of Trashy TV Dance Parties

In the 20th century, teen cultural politics played out on sound stages around the country.
Hayley Krischer March 16, 2016
venues

Why Men in the 1920s Paid Women for Spins Around the Dance Hall

For 10 cents, male patrons could hire taxi-dancers and try out the upper-class hobby of ballroom dancing.
Urvija Banerji March 11, 2016
female explorers

The World’s First Global Dance Critic Was a Victorian Aerobics Teacher

Beryl de Zoete scoured the world for all the best dance moves.
Ailsa Ross March 2, 2016
SS Palo Alto, the cement ship at Seacliff State Beach
Aptos, California

SS Palo Alto

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.
spiders

The Tarantula-Possessed Women Who Could Only Be Cured By Dance

Angelica Calabrese October 26, 2015
society adventures

I Spent 4 Years Working at Drunken, Decadent Debutante Balls in New Orleans

April Siese September 8, 2015
dancing

Found: A Very Flexible Fake Football Player

Sarah Laskow August 21, 2015
Old Farmers' Ball
Swannanoa, North Carolina

The Old Farmers' Ball

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.