Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China's world-famous lion dance with a troupe that ...

Tony Shiu and his Daly City-based West Coast Lion Dance Troupe performs at the Lunar New Year Good Luck Parade in San Francisco’s Richmond District, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

Golden Phoenix Lion Dance Arts and Athletic Association performs their Lunar New Year dance at the 2025 Phoenix Chinese Week in Steele Indian School Park on Feb 1.

“I discovered this dance one day by chance in the street. I found it super graceful,” Lin, 18, says in the courtyard of a temple in the southern Chinese city of Shantou, where her troupe trains.

“We are constantly looking for ways to innovate, to breathe new vitality into lion dance,” he said. “It also allows us to reflect women’s aspirations,” he added, even if some give up along the way ...

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

Back to homepage / Live news Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past. Shantou (China) (AFP) – Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China's world ...

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

Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past. Shantou (China) (AFP) – Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China's world-famous lion dance with a ...