A look at the history, techniques, and uses of capoeira, a martial art/dance form that originated with African slaves in Brazil.

Capoeira is simultaneously a dance, a fight, and a game. Created by the Africans brought to Brazil as slaves beginning in 1500, capoeira was forbidden by law bu

Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in

This study involves the author's practice of and reflection on the arts of Capoeira and Candomblé and culminates in the idea of an "other logic", interrelating

Winner of Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance Research, given by DSA, 2021 Staging Brazil: Choreographies of Capoeira is the first in-depth study of the proc