Brazilian-American musician Beto Gonzalez was too young to understand the country around him when his family returned to Brazil in the 1970s. It was only as he grew older, after coming back to the ...

Have you been experiencing Samba no pé (Samba of the foot) lately? Craving some pão de queijo but haven’t been able to find a place that serves it? Or have you simply been itching to learn a couple of ...

Most people who follow music have at least heard of tropicalia, the genre-blending Brazilian pop style that enjoyed a new surge of popularity in the States and Europe upon its 30th anniversary, in ...

A samba class performs in Rio de Janeiro. There’s an expression here in Brazil: “Tudo acaba em samba.” Translated literally, the phrase means “Everything ends in samba.” That is to say, no matter what ...

This year is the 60th anniversary of the cool beat of bossa nova. What could that possibly have to do with the D.C. area? Well, it turns out that the album “Jazz Samba,” which introduced to the world ...

RIO DE JANEIRO | It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...

A performance by the Afro-Brazilian dance company Viver Brasil. Photo courtesy of Viver Brasil. The Afro-Brazilian dance company Viver Brasil premiered a dance-and-music performance called “Revealed” ...

To celebrate our 15-year anniversary, Brazilian Fantasy are producing our very first full-length theatre show in London! Brazilian Fantasy are world renowned for being the best Brazilian Carnival ...

Brazil loves to dance, and it’s only natural that their representatives at the World Cup would dance as well. Richarlison’s signature Dança do Pombo, Paqueta’s fancy footwork, and Vinicius’ hip shakes ...

Director: [[miyanaga, Michael Iyanaga]] About: The ensemble performs a repertoire comprising roots samba, choro, samba-de-roda, and forró, as well as more contemporary Afro-Bahian pop music. With a ...

Egili Oliveira, a member of the Mocidade Unida do Santa Marta samba school, smiles for a portrait as she attends a ceremony marking Black Consciousness Day in the Santa Marta favela of Rio de Janeiro, ...