Coming out of Rio de Janeiro's favelas to global fame, Passinho is more than just a dance – it's a cultural movement. Discover how this street-born style became a symbol of resistance and unity. Since ...
Youth perform a street dance style known as passinho for their social media accounts (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) The latest headlines ...
Passinho or “little step” began with small groups performing at parties inside Rio’s favelas, but has since spread, helping to break the stigma of the communities usually known for violence and drug ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...
" Congratulations to all of us who chose dance instead of drugs," reads the latest hourly Facebook update from Cebolinha, a tough and rangy 24-year-old who is one of the pioneers of the passinho ...
Passinho, a vibrant dance style originating from Rio de Janeiro's favelas, received official recognition as an "intangible cultural heritage" in Rio. This designation was the result of a law proposed ...
Members of A Batalha do Passinho in their U.S. Debut at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, July 24, 2014, as part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors. Members of A Batalha do Passinho in their U.S. Debut at ...
High up in a crudely constructed bare-concrete home in the favela of Mangueira, a Funk Carioca beat crackles from tinny smartphone speakers. It's the rhythm of Rio de Janeiro's vibrant hillside ...
Brazil may be best known for the samba, but a new dance - fuelled by YouTube and social media - is emerging from the favelas. Passinho, or "little step", is a hybrid of pop, funk and break-dancing ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...
The passinho is a new dance craze that is offering the hope of a better life to young people in Rio’s favelas. Júlia Dias Carneiro reports. Twenty-year-old Pablo Henrique Goncalves, also known as ...