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 ...

For many kids, learning martial arts is a luxury. So when the chance to learn Capoeira for free presented itself, 10-year old Kyle Erica Songahid grabbed it with both hands, so to speak. Capoeira is a ...

The martial art of Capoeira is not as widely known as Taekwondo or Karate outside of Brazil. But the graceful dance-like fighting style changed the life of a 13-year-old street kid from Salvador in ...

Watch Ana and Andres (Foca) Costas demonstrate the intricate beauty of capoeira and it’s easy to see why they call a workout “play.” There is the music, heavy on drums and the plaintive timbre of the ...

Suddenly, they explode into a flurry of kicks, spins and other acrobatic tricks. Yet, there is no contact; the misses, near or not, are intentional. This is capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian sport and game.