Hip-hop beats from the class next door slip through the Capoeira Evolução studio walls. "Don't worry, we'll drown them out in a few minutes," says capoeira instructor Alex Rodriguez. In minutes, a ...

Capoeira is a lively Brazilian martial art that combines dance, acrobatics and music with fighting techniques. Clubs and classes have been springing up in the United States, and now comes Capoeira ...

SARASOTA -- When Halle Berry pounces across the screen as Catwoman this Friday, watch as she crouches low, kicks high, then jumps, arches and flips in the air. She's playing Capoeira. To prepare for ...

AS SOON AS capoeira teacher Alan Letran asked me during warm-ups whether I was comfortable with handstands, I knew I had either: a) found my people, or b) gotten in way over my head. I prepped for my ...

In Brazil’s old colonial capital Salvador de Bahia, Sylvia Camarda discovers Capoeira, a martial art and dance that is a unique expression of Afro-Brazilian culture.

Unlike a sport such as boxing, capoeira does not focus on hurting or injuring an opponent. Instead capoeira is about mastering skills, making sure moves are precise and stylized, and experiencing the ...

Students perform capoeira moves at Springs Dance Studio. The studio aims to give capoeiristas the chance to use their bodies in powerful new ways. Photo courtesy of COPPeR On a Thursday afternoon, ...

ITS UNUSUAL movement — part dance and theater, part martial arts display — first attracted Oakland’s Mary Schindler to the Afro-Brazilian art form capoeira. She wanted to learn how to dance and came ...

WEST HAVEN >> One week Efraim Silva, 52, was in England balancing on his hands, performing capoeira moves in front of Shakespeare’s childhood home and the next he was in a cap and gown taking the ...