WHEN THE MUSIC starts, they gather in the middle of the room at the International District/Chinatown community center. As Chinese lyrics play over the speakers, they lift their arms gracefully, chins ...

Ruby Slippers Chinese Dance Club practice led by Green Hope High School junior Anna Zheng. Photo by Brett Villena. Like many high school students, Anna Zheng has a busy schedule of calculus homework, ...

Dressed in traditional clothing, a team of Chinese Cultural Dance Club members perform hand movements in synchrony. Second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student Jocelyn Ni said even ...

The Chinese Heritage of Recreation and Dance keeps traditional Chinese dance alive in the FM area. Traditional Chinese dance is a wonder to behold and to watch. The Chinese Heritage of Recreation and ...

Editor’s note: Emily Wilcox is a professor of Chinese studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at William & Mary in the United States and recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim ...