From side to side, they moved with rhythm in a nonstop swaying motion that set up kicks, blocks and dodges in the martial art dance known as capoeira. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that ...

As she describes it, capoeira “is a game, it is a dance, and there is a percussion instrument that you learn to play, and songs in Portuguese that you learn to sing.” But the most important thing, she ...