You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. JAFFA, Israel — In a family’s living room in this seaside town, seven people ...

When eminent techno DJ and producer Carl Cox embarks on his first North American tour in fifteen years, he’ll be making only a dozen stops, in Mexico, for the Electric Daisy Carnival, and in a handful ...

A unique dance performance is coming to Thalia Mara Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 23. But don’t expect eye-catching costumes, a spectacular light show and booming music through a state-of-the-art sound ...

“Poetry is what gets lost in translation” — a cliché yet profound statement. This is certainly true when translating from one language to another. However, what if one translates languages beyond the ...

I placed the silver DVD labeled "Whirling Dervishes" into my laptop. A haunting, Middle-Eastern melody resonated from the speakers, providing the perfect accompaniment to the twirling white figures on ...

If we could turn the clock back a millennium or two, we would find men and women dancing as part of their daily lives. Its purpose, though, might come as a surprise. Dancing used to be a primary ...

Many religious and spiritual traditions incorporate dance as a pathway to the divine. Native American tribes of the Great Plains celebrate the cycle of birth and death during the Sun Dance. Some Jews ...

Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, emphasizes universal love, peace, acceptance of various spiritual paths and a mystical union with the divine. It is associated with the dancing of whirling ...

The French modern dance troupe Ballet Preljocaj took the stage at Royce Hall, UCLA, last weekend to explore a Westerner’s concept of transcending the ego. On Saturday, the Whirling Dervishes of ...