Dragon dances have been documented at ceremonial events since the Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 220 CE), while fire dragon dances began appearing in records during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and in ...

It's about unity. 10 people get together to reach one goal," said Han Fang Lim, the founder and logistics coordinator for Baltimore Chinese School Dragon Dance. From the head to the tail, each ...

For more than a decade, Chan has led a dragon dance class on the basketball court at Cameron House in Chinatown. ... The dragon is 50 feet long. The head weighs about 15 pounds.

“I am the dragon head,” says Eugene Zhen, who has danced in the dragon for about 12 years. It’s very heavy, he insists, assessing the head as weighing maybe 10 to 15 pounds.

Wai Tran, 43, is a lion-dance coach and director of Ying Yung Tong. He left Vietnam in the late ’70s, and hails from martial-art royalty; his grandfather was a kung-fu master in China.

Members of New York United Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe practice their stunts at the Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan's Chinatown on Jan. 17, 2016. Yijun He / NBC News Their performance, this ...

The Steel Fire Dragon dance was added to China’s list of intangible cultural heritage in 2018. ... To see a majestic fire dragon dance against a historical backdrop, head to Huanglongxi in ...