Grand Rapids K-pop dance group to compete in South Korea

A group of dancers from Grand Rapids will be taking their performance to a global stage in South Korea this fall.
San Diego Union-Tribune

K-pop dance craze is sweeping San Diego campuses, stages and bookshelves

In San Diego, multiple generations and ethnicities are surfing the Korean Wave — or Hallyu, the 21st-century East-meets-West cultural phenomenon — bolstered by the release of the animated Academy ...
Los Angeles Times

At KCON, fans from around the world dance with their favorite K-pop idols — and each other

On Friday, the Los Angeles Convention Center was a sea of green. The convention center was home to L.A.’s 13th annual KCON, a Korean music festival that ran from Friday to Sunday. While the three-day ...
Chicago Tribune

K-pop music, dance, Korean culture star at Taste of Korea in Skokie

K-pop music and dance acted as a draw for fans, who filled the lawn in front of a stage on Aug. 10 at the Chicago Taste of Korea Festival in Skokie at Oakton Park. The Saturday and Sunday festival ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Korean pop performers take the stage in Boston

TO DANCE THEIR FEET OFF. K-POP IS IN THE HOUSE AT THE MFA. THE MUSEUM PARTNERED WITH CJ ENTERTAINMENT, ONE OF KOREA’S BIGGEST MEDIA COMPANIES, TO FLY IN K-POP STARS FROM SEOUL. 4700 FANS SHOWED UP TO ...
Seattle Times

Why K-pop dance classes are popping up all over the Seattle area

At the PopRox Dance Studio on Capitol Hill on a hot August day, nine students and an instructor somberly walked toward the mirrors on the wall, dragging their feet. As percussion rattled into a chorus ...
CNN

K-pop in Colombia: Inside a global phenomenon

Music cuts and restarts inside a dance studio in the country’s capital, as dancers count out loud, refining precise transitions late into the night. V14 is one of many dance studios in the city known ...