Obsessed with the moves

It hasn't waltzed into market triumph yet, but the Beijing Dance Festival is still kicking seven years after its inception.

US ballet's first lead dancer 'of color'

Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born ballerina who's become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and achieved a rare celebrity that far transcends dance, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theater on Tuesday - the first African-American woman to reach that status in the company's 75-year history.

Lone-woman play Emily of Emerald Hill in town this week

The lone-woman play Emily of Emerald Hill will return to Beijing this Wednesday to Sunday, after its first round of performances in April.

Harbor of the gods

Faiths encompass every corner of the globe. They congregate in Fujian province's Quanzhou.

Bollywood and bonhomie

Indian movie makers look to compete for greater attention from Chinese audiences after a recent success

Show explores range, imagination of Heatherwick design

The imaginative and wide-ranging work of Britain's Heatherwick Studio may still be little-known in the United States, but a traveling exhibition aims to change that.

Raising glass to a dream

Driving past the World Trade Center in Beijing, on the west side of the Louis Vuitton store, you will see a huge poster featuring a dramatic structure that looks like a futuristic airship with billowing glass sails or else an iceberg.

Designer leaves theater to give stage to real-life wardrobes

Moving from playwright to fashion designer is a huge career jump. But He Feinan says it came naturally.

Wheeling around

Finding his inner fiesta

As a Chinese chef strives to produce authentic Mexican food in Beijing, he savors a new mentor in Rick Bayless, Valerie Osipov reports.

Did Marco Polo eat ice cream in China?

Where did ice cream originate? Most people suggest Morocco or Italy, but French ice-cream master Gerard Taurin says the root of this popular dessert is in ancient China, where a frozen mixture of rice and milk, made about 3,000 years ago, was documented in an ancient book he read in 2008.

All-American plate

There's so much great American comfort food on the menu at Windy City Ballroom, such as smoked ribs to die for, that it's almost trifling to rave about the hot dogs here. But a hot dog is a true summer pleasure, especially if you're with Americans celebrating the Fourth of July this week. This Chicago-style version, just 38 yuan ($6), is slathered with grilled onions, quality cheddar cheese and a scattering of jalapeno slices to ensure this dog bites back. Wash it down with some fresh lemonade, a Kentucky IPA or the stunning vanilla-bourbon iced tea.