The March edition of The Dance Centre's popular Discover Dance! noon series features Aché Brasil - an explosion of colour, energy and music that embodies the exuberant culture and rhythms of Brazil.

Viver Brasil, a homegrown Los Angeles dance organization that does Brazil (and Los Angeles) proud. That unforgettable evening happened 18 years ago, and Viver Brasil remains as strong and as vital a ...

I always fondly recall the first concert in June 1999 of the new KCRW World Festival series at the Hollywood Bowl. Brazilian superstar Carlinhos Brown headlined at that inaugural show, but the concert ...

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” ...

Dancers will sweep their arms in a wavelike manner for Iemanjá, the Candomblé deity of the oceans, while dancing through the streets of Los Angeles to the rhythm of drums. The Los Angeles-based Viver ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 — ...

Back in the early 1960s, Brazilian-influenced musical styles were all the rage of the jazz world, occasionally crossing over onto the pop music charts as well. Songs incorporating Brazilian sambas and ...

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet wraps up its winter season with contemporary Brazilian dance flair. Grupo Corpo, translated as “Body Group,” performs Tuesday at Aspen District Theater. The company began in 1975 ...

Passinho, a vibrant dance style originating from Rio de Janeiro's favelas, received official recognition as an "intangible cultural heritage" in Rio. This designation was the result of a law proposed ...

Upon a chance viewing of a dance company from the Brazilian city of Salvador in the state of Bahia while studying for her master’s degree in dance ethnology at UCLA in 1986, Linda Yudin’s life changed ...

Have you noticed the Brazilian players dancing during the World Cup? In Brazil’s 4-1 victory over South Korea, even their coach joined in. The drawings on this page teach one of Brazil’s dance moves ...