Ballroom dance
Sunny Choi, B-Girl Sunny, poses for a portrait during the media day for Red Bull BC One World Finals, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in New York. The International Olympic Committee announced two years ago that breaking would become an official Olympic sport, a development that divided the breaking community between those excited for the larger platform and those concerned about the art form’s purity. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Break it down: Dancers begin charting path to Paris Olympics

By Aaron Morrison Nov. 22, 2022 02:12 PM EST

Louis Philip Vito III trains on the halfpipe course at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Snowboarding an Italian job for Vito at Beijing Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 08, 2022 07:15 AM EST

Tango dancer and musician Nicolas Ponce poses for a portrait as he plays the bandoneon inside a plant shop he started after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown closed dance venues in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, June 4, 2021. The essence of tango, he said, is what makes it so difficult to perform in the current health emergency. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In Argentina, pandemic exacts a heavy toll on tango culture

By Débora Rey Jun. 15, 2021 10:01 AM EDT

Actor Dominique Jackson attends FX's "Pose" third and finale season premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Thursday, April 29, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Ryan Murphy calls 'Pose' one of his proudest accomplishments

By John Carucci Apr. 30, 2021 11:50 AM EDT

Young dancers, wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 train at the New Dancing Days school, in Rome, Wednesday March 24, 2021. While much of Italy is in coronavirus lockdown, with live music and theatrical performances barred, cinemas shuttered and many sporting activities limited, competitive ballroom dancing is alive and well here, albeit with precautions. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
AP PHOTOS: Italy ballroom dancers twirl through lockdown

By Alessandra Tarantino Apr. 05, 2021 02:41 AM EDT

South Africa says yearend school parties are superspreaders

By Mogomotsi Magome Dec. 07, 2020 10:45 AM EST
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has identified yearend school parties as COVID-19 superspreader events and ordered all students who have attended them to...

Chairs are lined up under the coat of arms of the Salon Los Angeles during an event to raise money and keep open the iconic dance hall known as “The Cathedral of Mambo” amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Millionaires, writers, ambassadors, and movie stars danced here; now, shuttered for more than five months due to the pandemic, the owners of the fabled hall say they are in debt and may have to close and demolish it. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Coronavirus shutdown threatens Mexico's storied dance halls

By Mark Stevenson Sep. 08, 2020 10:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, a woman cleans the terrace of a restaurant in Paris. Just as summer beckons, Europeans are re-inhabiting their cafes, parks and beaches abandoned during months of lockdown to check the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
AP PHOTOS: Europeans reclaim cafes, parks as virus eases

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2020 12:34 PM EDT

A photo, date and location not know, provided by the Barksdale family shows siblings, from left, Sherita Johnson, Laneeka Barksdale, Omari Barksdale and Tionna Matthews. Laneeka Barksdale loved spending time with her family. Her brother, Omari, said she had an infectious smile and loved to dance. She died March 23, 2020, of COVID-19 complications. (Barksdale Family via AP)
Lives Lost: Detroit woman, mother of 4, loved ballroom dance

By Kat Stafford Apr. 04, 2020 11:16 AM EDT