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, ...

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, ...

Daria Toma, 15, of the Romanian National Opera's Ballet Studio strikes a pose outside the National History Museum of Romania during Dance Night - 23 August 2025. Dora, 10, left, Irina, 11, center, and ...

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 ...

Romanian choreographer Gigi Caciuleanu's "Heart2hearT" dance show, a production of the Sibiu Ballet Theatre and Gigi Caciuleanu Romanian Dance Company in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural ...

Six dance couples and seven musicians, all teens from northern Romania, will perform folk traditions from their region and nation on Thursday, April 11, at Northern Essex Community College in ...

Romanian dancer Alina Ciceo isn’t competing in her third year attending Ballet Beyond Borders. But Wednesday, as she sat in the Dennison Theatre at the University of Montana and watched dancers move ...