Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian cultural practice, simultaneously a fight and a dance, that promotes mutual respect and social cohesion. Players form a circle at the centre of which two players engage ...

were asked to watch short videos of either ballet or capoeira dancers performing brief dance moves. While watching the videos, the dancers were lying perfectly still in an MRI scanner. A control ...

For Bengalureans who are on the lookout to learn something new – a new artform, a new sport, a new fitness routine, a new ...

He discovered his love of dance as a teenager. “I started taking Capoeira classes with Dance Brazil, which is a combination of martial arts and dance and was very lethal, which was good for me ...

Capoeira is a martial arts-dance hybrid many people believe originated in Brazil. However, its birthplace lies in Angola. Africans brought to Brazil by Portuguese colonizers used the style to ...

With millions of followers worldwide, capoeira is a blend of martial arts, acrobatics and dance choreography. The cultures of the enslaved Africans and the indigenous Brazilians contributed to the ...

the government legalised capoeira. Now it is enjoyed by millions of people around the world as a dance, a game, and a martial art.

Capoeira, a sport that mixes martial art and dance, is one of Brazil's biggest cultural exports to the world. Its practice is steeped in traditions from Angola - and now a new generation of ...