THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Bahia was the center of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in Brazil for centuries, and many African customs, practices and creeds are still very alive in the state. These ...

Winter got warmed up with an explosion of sound and color as Balé Folclorico da Bahia — Brazil's only professional folk dance company—burst onto the Proctors stage Thursday evening. Advertisement ...

Balé Folclórico da Bahia aims to give an authentic taste of Afro-Brazilian history and culture with every high kick and undulation that unfolds onstage. Using drumming and religious chanting as part ...

Travel to Salvador, Bahia, capoeira’s birthplace and mecca for the Afro-Brazilian art form Ricky "Malandro" Lawson II has practiced capoeira for 25 years, traveling often to its birthplace, Salvador, ...