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 ...

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 ...

As a classically trained former professional ballet dancer, I am aware of the prejudice that values Western concert dance as the “canon.” K-pop has unfortunately been marginalized in academia as an ...