Whether from Bulgaria or Bhutan, she said, traditional dance is something that "transcends religious conflicts or political power or money" and is a way for people to understand the ways of other ...

Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through ...

When Donald La Course talks about Bulgarian folk dance, he sounds more like an inspired anthropologist than the director of a dance company. “In Thrace, which is all flat plains and open spaces, you ...

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go into a music-induced trance and dance on bonfires in a display of ...