Lemos started his capoeira journey three years ago in his hometown of Brasilia, Brazil’s capital. Moving to Charlottesville, he continued the practice as a way to stay connected to home, which is how ...

NEW YORK — Capoeira, the stunning Afro-Brazilian martial art, remains an essential point of reference for Dance Brazil. Jelon Vieira, the company’s founder, was a capoeira “mestre” before he became a ...

Back in the early 1960s, Brazilian-influenced musical styles were all the rage of the jazz world, occasionally crossing over onto the pop music charts as well. Songs incorporating Brazilian sambas and ...

In this Monday, April 21, 2014 photo, Kendra Haynes, 26, of Miami, right, dances with Renato Medeiros, 33, of Brazil, during a Brazilian zouk dance class at the VK Dance Studio in North Miami Beach, ...

While the performance season is coming to a close, Miami still has more to celebrate as Augusto Soledade’s Brazzdance turns 10 years old. “Wow,” he says. He hopes Miami audiences will say the same ...

“O jeito nosso” means “our way of doing things” in Portuguese. For Grupo Corpo (Body Group), the 22-member Brazilian dance company returning to the Lensic on March 8, the phrase is how choreographer ...

Since its founding in 1975, Grupo Corpo has traveled the world, introducing audiences in hundreds of locales to the sensuous rhythms of popular Brazilian dance. One of the highlights of the group’s ...

In the piece "Tamujuntu", the South African dance company Via Katlehong explores the similarities and shared histories of social struggles between its home country and Brazil. Key to the electrifying ...

George Vecsey had me on page 202 of his new book when he characterized Cristiano Ronaldo as “the most annoying great player in captivity.” Nah, he had me well before that. As the title suggests, in ...