Brazilians know how to party, and the state of Bahia in eastern Brazil has a reputation for making a very big deal when Carnival comes around. You could get a head start on that winter festival by ...

It wasn”t until he was 16 years old that Walson Botelho of Salvador, Brazil, first saw a traditional performance of folkloric Afro-Brazilian dance. A friend from out of town wanted to experience the ...

Balé Folclórico da Bahia aims to give an authentic taste of Afro-Brazilian history and culture with every high kick and undulation that unfolds onstage. Using drumming and religious chanting as part ...

The resurgence of ballroom dance has made the samba almost as well-known as the waltz, and in recent years, martial-arts studios have popularized the Brazilian fighting art of capoeira. However, as ...