In a Mission District studio, a barefooted Brazilian woman in white pants steps to the front of a group of about 30 students. Speaking almost entirely in Portuguese, the instructor dives into 90 heart ...

ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco (ACSF) was founded in the Mission District 30 years ago this month by the Bay Area's own Márcia Treidler (a.k.a. "Mestra Cigarra") who serves as Artistic Director. To ...

ABADÁ-Capoeira San Francisco (ACSF), the Bay Area's first non-profit organization dedicated to recovering, preserving, and promoting Afro-Brazilian culture, will host its annual Batizado and ...

Grupo Abadá Capoeira fará coreografia em homenagem a 300 anos do Aqueduto dos Arcos da Lapa — Foto: Leo Martins "A ginga é o coração da capoeira", diz Mestre Camisa, de 67 anos, um dos grandes ...

Lisa Willoughby knows plenty of people haven’t heard of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art form she grew up seeing in Brazil. But, she’s trying to change that through ABADÁ-Capoeira Marin, the ...

It was mid-February, and the rain had let up for a bit. A few rays of sunshine poured through the gray overhang, and the Mission District was bustling. Along 22nd Street, a group of people lined the ...

President and artistic director of Abada Capoeira San Francisco, Márcia Treidler discussed the traditional Brazilian art form of Capoeira. Watch the clip to learn how you can take part in a class.

Cerca de 120 crianças e adolescentes de Uberlândia, no Triângulo Mineiro, participam do "Festival Nacional da Arte Capoeira", realizado pela associação Abadá-Capoeira com apoio da Universidade Federal ...

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that was invented by slaves to disguise fighting with dance. Today it’s seen as a beautiful and soulful form of art, and it has caught on all over the world. Dalen ...