When you think about the greatest footballers Brazil has ever produced, many had one thing in common: they were superb dribblers, but their movement encapsulated so much more than that. Ronaldinho’s body feints and step-overs made people feel like they ...

In this Monday, April 21, 2014 photo, Kendra Haynes, 26, of Miami, right, dances with Renato Medeiros, 33, of Brazil, during a Brazilian zouk dance class at the VK Dance Studio in North Miami Beach, Fla. Zouk dance and music, born in the French Caribbean ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The joy — and the dancing — are back for five-time champion Brazil at the World Cup. The big win over South Korea on Monday secured Brazil a berth in the quarterfinals in Qatar. It also restored the team’s confidence after a ...

The night before every Brazil game, the media are allowed into Al Arabi’s distinctly unglamorous stadium near the old airport in Doha, to watch 15 minutes of training. When the allotted time is up, stewards point at their watches and usher the press pack ...

What happens when you bring a dance – shunned by a foreign country – into the U.S.? It blows up. People at New York City Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors festival got to have a sample of a new Brazilian street-dancing style that was born years ago in ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Brazil wants to keep the dancing going at the World Cup when it faces Croatia on Friday with a spot in the semifinals on the line. The Brazilians have made it clear they will not back from their goal celebrations in Qatar despite ...

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Kendra Haynes stretches so far back that her long blonde hair touches the floor. It is a Monday night in Miami and the hour is approaching midnight. At the C Lounge and Cigar Bar, Haynes and a small crowd dance Brazilian zouk, a ...