This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Though dance is one of the oldest languages on Earth, its cultural significance has at times gotten lost in translation.

When Anne Tiburtius was asked 30 years ago to perform a dance she loved at an event, she did not expect it to grow into a dance company of more than 70 performers. Three decades later, she is now ...

Since the age of 4, Radha Pandya, 17, of Edison, has been perfecting a 3,000-year-old Indian dance to continue the legacy of her culture and ensure it is passed down for generations to come. The dance ...

Images of dance and drama are found both on bas reliefs and in free standing sculpture from ancient Cambodian temples. Unfortunately, we know very little about the meanings and gestures of dance in ...

Asha Bala, founder of the Leela School of Dance in Cary, trains young women in dances that are new to them and yet centuries old. When Asha Bala was born, her mother looked at her and declared that ...

The air is quiet but charged with energy, like the moments after a lightning bolt arcs across the sky during a thunderstorm. Then, the thunder returns – the drum rumbles. The lions have arrived, ...

Dance teacher Hang Sophea trains students at Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts, passing on the rich traditions of Cambodian dance. Photo: AFP Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom walks ...

Natyapriya Dance Company celebrates 30 years of performances in Norfolk When Anne Tiburtius was asked 30 years ago to perform a dance she loved at an event, she did not expect it to grow into a dance ...