In this dance studio in Rio de Janeiro, a physiotherapist is giving her patients with Parkinson's disease capoeira lessons.

Twice a week, a group of Parkinson’s patients gathers in the Lapa neighbourhood to practise capoeira, a centuries-old mix of ...

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art practiced by 8 million people worldwide. We visited a central Ohio class.

Capoeira changed Brazilian native Mauro Romualdo's life. Now he's passing on the martial art/dance to Utahns.

How Brazilian Capoeira Evolved From a Martial Art to an International Dance Craze The athletic movements may have inspired modern break dancing ...

Brazil is well known as the home of the dance-like martial art capoeira, but its roots in fact lie across the Atlantic. In Angola, one man is trying to resurrect an older style to help people ...

Developed in the 1800s by West African slaves in Brazil, the art of capoeira is a complex and powerful mix of martial arts fighting, dance, music and games. Carlton Jones took part in a New York ...

Ren Powell, the director of Capoeira Males, will join members of his Washington, D.C., based studio at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the city-wide D.C. Dance Festival this ...

Capoeira, an art form created by enslaved Africans in colonial Brazil, lives on today in a new studio space downtown.

Capoeira’s roots spread wide in Philadelphia In Philadelphia, there’s a hole-in-the-wall studio that’s hard to walk past without looking in. If you go at the right time — you’ll hear it before you see ...

Video. A unique programme in Rio de Janeiro is helping people with Parkinson’s disease manage their symptoms through the art of capoeira.