Isabella Benitez and Mario Naranjo met a year ago through salsa and, this past Wednesday evening, the couple danced the night away. Instead of a dance floor, though, Benitez and Naranjo were ...
From inside a small studio called Capoeira Brasil, located on an unremarkable stretch of Washington Boulevard in L.A., spirited voices singing in Portuguese pierce the nighttime quiet of the ...
Created by slaves in the heavily African Brazilian state Bahia, it's a series of warrior moves — kicks, flips and lunges — disguised by music. The sonic ruse let the form be practiced openly in front ...