Members of White Lotus Dragon & Lion Dance range from kids in seventh grade to young adults. Danh, 27, has spent years working to ensure the group feels safe and like a family for its members.

The lion dance is performed at special events as a way of bringing happiness, good luck and prosperity. It's also meant to chase away evil spirits. But for these kids, the chance to perform in the ...

White Lotus Dragon & Lion Dance is one of Portland's most popular Chinese lion dance teams. ... “An audience member can pet the lion. The kids aren’t running away.

Kids learn the fan dance during Fountain Valley’s Lunar New Year cultural festival at the Fountain Valley Recreation Center on Saturday. (James Carbone) Advertisement ...

"I was kind of raised into it," Ho, who now serves as the UEAA lion dance team manager, said. Ho didn't actually start lion dancing until she was 12 and learned how to play the cymbals and the gong.

In the spirit of Chinese New Year, a group of multiracial kids used their imagination and creativity to perform their very own version of lion dance. Skip to content OCTOBER 27, 2022 ...

The kids obviously had a lot of fun, but it's also fun for "The Lion King" cast members too. "It's super exciting to have a one-on-one exchange with the kids," said Andrew Arrington, a "The Lion ...

During the dance, two people share a lion costume — with one person acting as the head and the other as the tail. They move to fast, percussion rhythms, while mimicking a lion, and they perform ...

Chinatown's streets will come to life on Sunday with thunderous drums and the piercing clang of cymbals as nine lion dance troupes celebrate the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese New Year Parade.

Members of the Lion Dance Kids group train at their Kingsgrove studio in January 2023. Credit: Wolter Peeters. Leung agrees that drilling your stances until they are second nature is essential.

Hawaii Lion Dance Association, Talk Story Bookstore, Hawaiian Pie Company. ... You kids looking sharp. So, I have been in charge of helping with teaching the cubbies.