SLEPTSOVSKAYA, Russia — For an hour or so in the afternoon, 16-year-old Vakhid Goitamirov can lose himself in his intricate Chechen folk dance steps and memories of the applause when he and his troupe ...

Dutch documaker Jos de Putter has found a deeply moving way to talk about the war in Chechnya -- from the perspective of a children's folk dance company. The kids' dramatic backgrounds add a poignant ...