The night includes a DJ for the swing lesson, drinks, silent auction and Purdy’s first local book signing since the release of her biography, “On My Own Two Feet: The Journey from Losing My Legs to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - With their gyrating hips and feet that move so fast they dissolve into a blur, samba instructor Carla Campos' students are barely distinguishable from the swarms of scantily clad ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she ...

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 ...

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 — ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain’s Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday. And apparently the fancy ...

The collective energy was contagious. Flowing in self-expression, people of all ages shared movements and smiles during the Flo on the Rio Headphone Dance Party on Saturday afternoon. The moving ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 — ...