NEW YORK — Capoeira, the stunning Afro-Brazilian martial art, remains an essential point of reference for Dance Brazil. Jelon Vieira, the company’s founder, was a capoeira “mestre” before he became a ...

A samba class performs in Rio de Janeiro. There’s an expression here in Brazil: “Tudo acaba em samba.” Translated literally, the phrase means “Everything ends in samba.” That is to say, no matter what ...

NEW HAVEN — Efraim Silva transformed his life through the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira, and now he’s hoping to transform the lives of others at his newly opened Brazilian Fitness Center at ...

Back in the early 1960s, Brazilian-influenced musical styles were all the rage of the jazz world, occasionally crossing over onto the pop music charts as well. Songs incorporating Brazilian sambas and ...

Kendra Haynes stretches so far back that her long blonde hair touches the floor. It is a Monday night in Miami and the hour is approaching midnight. At the C Lounge and Cigar Bar, Haynes and a small ...