This year, the theme for the ice dancing original dance was folk dancing. The dance was supposed to represent the "flavor" of one country or another. When the Russian pair did the Aboriginal dance at ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Aboriginal elders accused Russian world figure skating champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin on Thursday of stealing an Aboriginal dance idea and causing serious ...

TALLINN (Reuters) - Ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were hoping to provoke a reaction when they wore loin cloths and leaves for a routine but were surprised to hear on Thursday they had ...

A young lieutenant from the First Fleet that landed in Australia in the late 18th century made friends with a 15-year-old girl from the local Eora people. The girl was called Patyegarang, the ...

Aborigines playing didgeridoos and smeared with white body paint overturned hundreds of years of British tradition in Australia on Tuesday by taking part in the official opening of the nation's new ...

(AP) — An Aboriginal-themed routine by two Russian ice dancers has stirred up a pre-Olympic controversy, with some indigenous Australians blasting the "rip off" of their culture and Canadian native ...

You can listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify each week. Follow this link if you're listening on Apple News. In this week's episode, we travel to Australia to talk to dancer, ...