On Thursday evening, Sept. 28, the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers are sponsoring a workshop at the Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, with Roberto Bagnoli, of Rome, Italy, teaching folk dances from ...

Romania's Shukar Collective brings together young musicians from Bucharest's dance and electronic scene and a group of older Gypsy performers from the rural usari or "bear tamer" tradition. Together ...

The exuberant staccato rhythms piercing into the Sunday night air at the UMass Fine Arts Center drew curious onlookers as people started dancing. Some shy, some spastic – the dancers were mostly ...

The term “Gypsy,” often used pejoratively, conjures images of wastrels, vagabonds, fortunetellers and thieves, not to mention a distant memory of Cher (the Sonny & version) belting out, “I was born in ...

Roma women rest after they arranged the table as thousands of people from all over Romania, which has Europe's largest Roma community, gather to celebrate the birthday of St. Mary and to make wedding ...

Since the overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, Romania has been trying to establish its musical identity. The country has strong folk and Gypsy traditions and a group called Shukar ...