COMANESTI, Romania (AP) — Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing Bears Festival, ...

There was no time for auditions. When Romania's national ballet took to the stage in Bucharest last weekend, five dancers from Ukraine joined them for a performance of Giselle. "We didn't do an ...

Comanesti, Romania: Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin costume as he prances to the exhilarating sound of drums, flutes and whistles to welcome the New Year. The ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ballerinas perform outside Romania’s National History Museum as part of Dance Night, a festival that brings a mix of dance styles to Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei iconic avenue ...

Ballet students perform on a stage in front of Bucharest's National Opera hall during the Dance Gala project - childhood in dance steps, in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Sept. 12, 2021.Photo: Xinhua ...

Dora, 10, left, Irina, 11, center, and Sandra, 12, of the Romanian National Opera's Ballet Studio, perform outside the National History Museum of Romania during Dance Night. Children of the Romanian ...

Five ballet dancers who escaped the Russian invasion of Ukraine have been employed by the Bucharest Opera House, as cultural institutions in Romania try to help artists and performers who are fleeing ...

Irina, 11, of the Romanian National Opera's Ballet Studio poses outside the National History Museum of Romania during Dance Night, an event featuring a wide variety of dance styles performed on the ...

Standing in a studio in a small country town instructing ballet students may be a far cry from the Romanian theatres he is used to dancing in, but for Douglas Stewart both stages are equally important ...

Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin costume as he prances to the exhilarating sound of drums. Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin ...