Ren Powell, the director of Capoeira Males, will join members of his Washington, D.C., based studio at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the city-wide D.C. Dance Festival this ...

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Before you can learn capoeira in Fabio “Fua” Nascimento’s class, you have to learn a little Portuguese. At the beginning of each session, he passes out instruments — a drum, a cowbell, a tambourine — ...

There is a lot to wrap your arms around in trying to categorize capoeira. It is a Brazilian form of martial arts, but it’s also song, music and dance. And it comes with an intriguing history. Every ...