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 ...

“O jeito nosso” means “our way of doing things” in Portuguese. For Grupo Corpo (Body Group), the 22-member Brazilian dance company returning to the Lensic on March 8, the phrase is how choreographer ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO 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, ...

HAYWARD -- In Brazil, the Rhythm of Samba is everywhere and in just weeks those same sounds will fill the air right here in the Bay Area at San Francisco's 45th annual Carnaval celebration and parade.

There are two things that unite the members of dance studio and video production group Bob's Dance Shop (other than a love of dance): Brazil and Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Two members, Coco and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira wraps together dancing, music, movement, and acrobatics into a single routine – and anyone in Fresno can learn how. A group of ...

The old jibe about Brazil being "the country of the future – and it always will be" can finally be laid to rest. Prince Harry, who visited the country last weekend as his four-country Diamond Jubilee ...