Capoeira. Originating from Brazil, this Afro-Brazilian practice is much more than just a combat sport; it's an artistic expression that fuses fluid dance movements, acrobatic fighting techniques ...

It's accompanied by the twang of the berimbau and is the soundtrack to this rhythmic dance display. Here in one of Africa's largest slums, on the outskirts of Kenyan capital Nairobi, capoeira is ...

If Cities Could Dance is available to stream on ... the president of Brazil recognized capoeira as its only true national sport. ♪ singing in Portuguese accompanied by the plucking of the ...

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paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — whatever was around. The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro ...

and Anthony Asher as they play the instrument and sing along to traditional songs in a Capoeira class, or the Afro-Brazilian art form of martial art and dance, on Friday, April 18, 2025 ...

"Capoeira is a martial arts that was developed ... a tribute to the long relationship that Cleo Parker Robinson Dance has had with Brazil; and she's proud to bring it to Denver audiences.

with fellow student Anthony Asher through a movement sequence during a Capoeira class, or the Afro-Brazilian art form of martial art and dance, on Friday, April 18, 2025, at the Tacoma Capoeira ...

paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — whatever was around. The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro ...