STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Sri Lankan Dance Academy of New York is doing it for the children -- and the culture -- this weekend. The troupe's performance Saturday in the Center for the Arts at the ...

A wave of rhythm and colour is set to sweep across Sri Lanka as dancers from around the world gather for the country’s first-ever internationally curated Latin and Cultural Dance Festival, ‘Sri Lanka ...

So much of human culture has vanished from the world, will surely vanish still, will fall away as if it never existed. In the long view of time, our voices and our footprints are not as durable as we ...

In recent years, the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island has earned the moniker “Little Sri Lanka,” in honor of the vibrant immigrant community that has developed in this New York City borough ...

A barefooted boy saunters to the front of the hall, holding a two-headed geta beraya drum that almost spans his entire frame. His focused and determined face suggests a maturity beyond his teenage ...

When it was her turn to perform on a recent Sunday, Kasuni Navinna took center stage in the dance studio at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in Staten Island. As nine other dancers ...