In a Mission District studio, a barefooted Brazilian woman in white pants steps to the front of a group of about 30 students. Speaking almost entirely in Portuguese, the instructor dives into 90 heart ...

Ren Powell, the director of Capoeira Males, will join members of his Washington, D.C., based studio at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the city-wide D.C. Dance Festival this ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University Spanish professor says the best way to understand the African-Brazilian influenced Capoeira is by comparing its deceptive elements to what it is not – dance, ...

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Juan Goncalves-Borrega, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Two young men dressed in white kneel on the ground, ready to begin their duel. Eyes lock onto those of his opponent.

VAIL, Colorado – Many elements of Brazilian lifestyle have found their way around the world, and lucky for us, some have just arrived in the Vail Valley. Take Capoeira, for example. It may not be the ...

Click here if you have trouble viewing the gallery on a mobile device. About 40 people followed Capoeira moves by instructor Nives Wetzel de Cediel of Omi Tutu school, of Berkeley, during a Juneteenth ...

Rhythm and sound from Brazil woke up the Green midday Friday as people kicked and flipped at the intersection of Chapel and Church streets. It might have been easy to mistake the men and women in ...