LIHUE — Tracey Pilch of Anchorage, Alaska, spent the last two days working through the routine for their Chinese lion. Pilch and Petr Bucinsky arranged to have a Chinese lion costume shipped to Kauai ...

It’s not easy to be a lion. On the top floor of a five-story building beneath the Manhattan Bridge, martial artist Nicky Ling, 24, practices the lion dance to prepare for the Lunar New Year ...

Kyle Nip, 14, spent a recent Friday night sweating and working out. He ran laps, held together several martial arts moves, practiced dance steps and performed multiple sit-ups. It was all to train for ...

It’s the busiest time of year for Portland’s White Lotus Dragon and Lion Dance Team. Over four weeks, throughout the Lunar New Year season, they’ll perform close to 80 shows, ranging from small, ...

Ten years ago, Chloe Howard was just a drummer learning to keep the beat with the dancers of the traditional lion dance. And now, at 23, she is an instructor for a younger generation of Chinese teens ...

The head of a lion costume sits on a desk ahead of a rehearsal for the parade. (Cici Yu/WBUR) Chinatown's streets will come to life on Sunday with thunderous drums and the clang of cymbals as nine ...

With their eyes, ears and other features dotted with red, the lions are ready to leap into the Chinese New Year and welcome the Year of the Horse.