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 ...

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 ...

CEBU, Philippines - Many of the songs that are sung during a capoeira are narrative. Capoeiristas sing about a wide variety of subjects: about history or stories of famous capoeiristas, about life or ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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.

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 ...

Clad all in white, dancers encircle in a roda, erupting into cartwheels and swing kicks near the Huntington Beach Pier. The movements blend into a fluid form of acrobatic non-contact fighting to the ...

Capoeira is sort of like a mix between karate and break dancing. That's how Renzo Cavalieri can best describe it to those who have never seen it. A combination of martial arts, music and dance, the ...

UNION CITY — Capoeira’s fancy footwork, cartwheels and back flips will kick its way to the Ruggieri Senior Center on Sunday. At noon, the Roots of Brazil Capoeira Group of Union City will hold its ...