Students at the Lohan School of Shaolin practice the lion dance in preparation for the Chinese New Year. At first glance, a lion dance, the costumed ritual that brings good fortune at Chinese New Year ...

Under the guidance of lead instructor Kevin Gian, the Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association practices at Fo Guang Shan Xiang Yun Temple. Sara Diggins is a visual journalist at the Austin ...

Growing up, Kristina Nguyen, 21, would celebrate the Lunar New Year making bánh chung with her family, then sharing the traditional Vietnamese dish with friends and neighbors. This year, her New Year ...

The Association of Chinese Americans Lion Dance team practices at Janss Steps. Acting as the lion’s heartbeat, drummers guide students who are “dragon walking.” Janss Steps on a Thursday night is ...

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

Anthony Le was fearful of the lions. Those gigantic heads, vibrant red with protruding eyes, bobbing and weaving across the room, coming closer and closer, the thudding of the aggressive drums louder ...

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It’s not easy to be a lion. On the top floor of a five-story building beneath the Manhattan Bridge, martial artist Nicky Ling, 24, practices the lion dance to prepare for the Lunar New Year ...

Lions and tigers will take center stage in Manhattan’s Chinatown when the Chinese New Year kicks off on Tuesday. The Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club held its lion dance practice on Thursday, Jan. 27, ...

The team members slowly makes their way to the park dressed in their workout clothes, consisting of black pants a white T-shirt with the words “White Lotus Dragon and Lion Dance” emblazoned on the ...

A practice session for a Children’s Chinese Lion Dance Group will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Marin Recycling Center at 535 Jacoby St. in San Rafael. The dance team, the only one in Marin ...