Zumba class can get old after a while. It becomes monotonous doing the same dance combination, staring at yourself in the mirror as you trip over the girl next to you. Where is the intensity, the ...

Odetta Norton is a student of Capoeira Mandinga, a form of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira that is equal parts dance, exercise, acrobatics and mystery. She teaches a weekly evening class in the ...

Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, was practiced by slaves who were brought to work on Brazilian plantations. Disguising the martial art as a dance, the former slaves would practice this art ...

The Kids Capoeira and Brazilian Arts Camp mixes arts and sports for a unique summer camp experience. Kids will get to play capoeira — a dance-like Afro-Brazilian martial art form — learn Brazilian ...

ITS UNUSUAL movement — part dance and theater, part martial arts display — first attracted Oakland’s Mary Schindler to the Afro-Brazilian art form capoeira. She wanted to learn how to dance and came ...

Students, both Chinese and expatriates in Shanghai, follow their instructor to play capoeira in a beginner class at Capoeira Mandinga Shanghai, the first group to teach the art in China. See story on ...

Practicing and teaching capoeira have been two of the driving forces in Anne Pollack's life. She is part of the first generation of women to practice capoeira in the United States and reach the level ...

Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, was practiced by slaves who were brought to work on Brazilian plantations. Disguising the martial art as a dance, the former slaves would practice this art ...