Dancing in the Chinese New Year
Young dancers prepare to hit the stage on January 29, 2014. They are members of the CAAM Chinese Dance Theater, which is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a performance in St. Paul, Minn.
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The 2014 Chinese New Year rings in the Year of the Horse, which begins on Jan. 31.
More than a billion people worldwide will celebrate the holiday.
In St. Paul, Minn., the CAAM Chinese Dance Theater honored the New Year with a performance by 51 young dancers. They are performing "Homecoming: A Chinese New Year's Tale," which has been referred to as the Chinese version of the Nutcracker ballet.
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