The lion dance, started over 1,000 years ago in ancient China, requires two artists dressed in a lion costume with a large furry lion head and tail.

Lion dance performances have become part of a Lunar New Year culture which dates back centuries.

We get tips from the members of UCLA's student-run lion dance team — and explain why and how it differs from the dragon dance.

A group of Asian-American women in Boston are redefining a Lunar New Year tradition every year by performing in an all-female lion and dragon dance troupe. The Chinese martial art is traditionally ...

People around the world on Saturday celebrated the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, marking the first day of the Year of the Rat, with many celebrations including the traditional "lion dance ...

A lion dance and acrobatic display formed part of Chinese New Year festivities in Sheffield this weekend. Crowds watched as symbolic red dots were placed on the lion's eyes, 'awakening' it for the ...

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

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tony Shiu and his West Coast Lion Dance troupe perform in various venues during Lunar New Year. "We go around and we bring good luck to whomever we perform for," Shiu shares.