The 'Footloose'-type law banning dancing after midnight came into effect after WWII when dance halls were fronts for prostitution. By Abid Rahman After 67-years of furtive shape throwing, the people ...

Who knew the fictional rural (and slightly backwards) town of Bomont from the Kevin Bacon classic Footloose is actually a real place? And by real place we mean the entire industrialized nation of ...

TOKYO — James Brown, circa 1972, is blasting from the speakers. Thousands of drops of light swirl around an otherwise dark, smoky dance floor, where a group of middle-aged regulars do the soul cha cha ...

Don't be surprised to find a "no dancing" sign when you're in a <strong>Japanes</strong>e club as it's completely against the law to dance after midnight. So club ...

TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - A 74-year-old surfer and master of classical Japanese dance may seem an unlikely member of a seniors' breakdancing group, but Saruwaka Kiyoshie said getting her feet wet in ...

A Japanese mayor put eight elderly women on TV three years ago to promote tourism with their song-and-dance routine. Three years later, they are national pop stars who tap a new, more energetic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

Japan's Princess Yuriko, on a wheelchair, the wife of late Prince Mikasa, uncle of the current Emperor Akihito, is seen after praying at the altar during the funeral of late Prince Mikasa at the ...

Students with the Central Michigan University dance program are in Japan dancing with the world-renowned Japanese dance ...

The 'Footloose'-type law banning dancing after midnight came into effect after WWII when dance halls were fronts for prostitution. By Abid Rahman After 67-years of furtive shape throwing, the people ...