Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside a gymnasium at the Linden Community Center in Columbus, Elton Brasil and Joseph Lewis greet their students as they warm up ...

Initially, it appeared Jason Harris had suddenly lost his balance and was on his way to a terrible fall. But then, the Baltimore resident extended his arms and not only broke his fall but continued ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That ...

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 ...

Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ Argyros Plaza in Costa Mesa was a scene of mass movement Tuesday evening, as locals participated in a dance tradition dating back to the 16th century that seamlessly ...

Columbus instructors Elton Brasil and Joseph Lewis teach capoeira at three locations and aim to make classes affordable for all. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art combining music, dance, and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That ...

Physical therapist Rosemeire Peixoto, left, founder of a project called “Parkinson's in the swing,” leads a capoeira class for people with Parkinson's disease at the Progress Foundry cultural center, ...