The San hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa are among the most prolific rock artists on the planet, having produced huge numbers of paintings at sites across multiple countries. Many of these artworks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In a fusion of contemporary choreography and ancient dance rituals, the Denver-based Zikr Dance Ensemble will perform the show "Ancient Shadows" in Grand Junction. The fully-costumed dance performance ...