Purdue AAARCC has begun Purdue's very first Lion and Dragon Dance Team! We wanted to make this team the Center's first Performance Collective, since we understand how prevalent and important the Lion ...

The lion dance is a tradition across several Asian countries ... You also have to pull a string once in a while to make the lion blink. And you must do all of this while making quick, jerky ...

It all began in 1998 when Hawaiian lion dancer Harlan Lee attended the Hong Kong Invitational Lion Dance Championships. While warming up for the competition, he noticed one particular man watching ...

Every species has their own movement and play needs, but for Pepper the sea lion pup, that includes a graceful activity that some call ribbon dancing. While it's not actually an artistic dance ...

"Currently, our team has introduced lion dance to three schools, teaching over 100 students. Whenever possible, I make sure to teach in person," he said. Li has contributed wholeheartedly to the ...

But the nature of the dance changed over the years to become a celebratory performance and, consequently, the materials used to make the lion head are much lighter. The head is now made using thin ...