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 ...

If there was ever a match made in Heaven, it’s TikTok and K-Pop. A lot of what we see on the app, like fancams, stan accounts, and the whole fandom industrial complex has its origins in South Korea.

Annie Nguyen ’25 will never forget looking out on the crowd at her first-ever showcase with DayBreak, Santa Clara University’s first Korean Pop (K-pop) student dance group. The audience in the ...

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 ...

"I think if my son wanted to be a K-pop star, I'd like to see that." SEOUL, South Korea -- Dozens of children repeat after their instructor's dance moves to K-pop group NCT Dream's latest song "Hot ...