Flinging her male teammate into the air, female performer Lin Xinmeng practises China’s world-famous lion dance with a troupe that is shrugging off centuries of patriarchal norms. Mixing ...

They are the Kwok’s Girls, female members of the Kwok’s Kung Fu and Dragon Lion Dance Team, which was founded in 1969. Between the working hours of their day jobs, they practise at least once ...

“We are constantly looking for ways to innovate, to breathe new vitality into lion dance,” he said. “It also allows us to reflect women’s aspirations,” he added, even if some give up along the way ...

True to their name, the Muhibah Lion Dance Troupe is open to everyone, male and female, and has Malay, Chinese, Indian and ...

Historically, lion dance was a male-dominated art form, as it was physically demanding and a taboo, culturally, for women. Today, girls are challenging this tradition by taking up the sport.

Chinese New Year celebrations have begun in London with a spectacular lion dance performance on February 1. The lion dance is a tradition that is believed to bless businesses that receive it ...

Dancers from the Asian American Dragon & Lion Dance Association perform the Chinese lion dance at the Westfield Garden State Plaza, 1 Garden State Plaza Parkway, in Paramus., New Jersey, on ...