In a tiny gymnasium at Foisia Park in Carson, California, an eclectic group of women ranging in age from 14 to 56 line up in rows, ready for instruction at their first siva Samoa (Samoan dance) lesson ...

A Siva Samoa dance academy based in West Auckland is on a mission to preserve and nurture Samoan culture through performing arts. This year, over 200 individuals packed out the Trust Stadium to ...

When Abbey Tufue-Wood started planning her wedding, she had more on her to-do list than to choose flowers and cakes. She was also needed to learn how to dance. But not just any dance, a Siva. “Doing ...

Gordon Chan Kum Tong was screaming in Mikey Lewis’ face during Samoa’s Siva Tau (BBC) England’s Mikey Lewis went head-to-head with Samoa’s Gordon Chan Kum Tong during one of the most intense Siva ...

Welcome to Group Project, a series on the many ways young people are building and engaging with community. From queer resistance to finding new hobbies to forging alternate paths, working together is ...