Only the Strong

"...latest entry in the martial arts film sweepstakes is capoeira, the Brazilian athletic technique that combines dance and martial..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...I'm just like, 'Listen to it.' We listen to capoeira music, Tejano, Latin hip-hop, dance hall. And now we're..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

FronteraFest Short Fringe: Best of Week One

Improv, Butoh, cabaret, and one of those commanding performance moments that make FronteraFest made up the Short Fringe 2006 Best of Week One

"...of hip-hop, street dance, and the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira. It started with Portuguese canto and beat its way..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...Kabula: Brazilian Intercultural Exchange – Capoeira Angola, 816 Congress. Traditional ritual drama featuring this fighting..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Music Network

"...6:30 Capoeira Ginga, USA & Backyard Mbiras, AAMF 95..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature

Mi Casa Es Su Teatro

The unexpected is to be expected when it comes to FronteraFest's Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, which features everything from monologues to musicals to martial arts in theatres, living rooms, and bathrooms around Austin

"...Ourselves ..." A demonstration with Foundation Stage Combat and Capoeira Da Rua. 701 Tillery (30 min.)..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Madame Satã

Life story of Brazilian drag diva from the last half-century.

"...the street. Tall and powerful, he is skilled in capoeira-style fighting and has a quick temper. João Francisco and..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Quest

"...skills of a Chinese animal stylist and a Brazilian Capoeira master, both of whom display far more agility and..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Renee Davis' 25 Years as Harriet Tubman in Sister Moses

The dancer talks about her quarter-century of walking in the footsteps of this legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad

"...inspired by Langston Hughes' "A Dream Deferred," performances by capoeira dancers, a presentation of African dance by Austin's Ballet..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...Like Smurf (Deibi Rueda), I knew that he did Capoeira; Rambo, I knew that (actress Sofia Buenaventura) loved her..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Go South of the Border With These 15 Latinx Acts

"...Sat. 16, Lucille, 11pm From carnival to candomblé and capoeira, the impact of African culture on Brazil remains all-encompassing...."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Ebony Stewart Kisses Fear on the Mouth

'Love Letters to Balled Fists' puts slam poetry on the printed page

"...poems from the book, accompanied by live music and capoeira, a hybrid of Afro-Brazilian martial arts and dance. Slam..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

The Time Machine

This aerial adaptation of H.G. Wells is neat, and there's nothing wrong with that

"...on the ground, too, with fight scenes incorporating both capoeira and sparking machetes. It's in these moments – where..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

BAM! Black Arts Movement Festival

ProArts' showcase of film, art, music, theatre, dance, and food packs a punch

"...Theatre of Brooklyn, as well as a performance of Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Brazilian dance form presented by Austin's Project..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Conjuring the Radical Dr. King

A new MLK Day event emphasizes the reverend's lesser-known orations

"...home to the nonprofit Project Abundant Life, founded by capoeira master Dorian Layssard. This event also kicks off its..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

First Night 2009 Schedule

"...Capoeira: HBMG Theater, 3-3:30pm..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature

TCB: Thursday

SXSW Music News and Carryings On

"...– from where else, Austin Samba School – and capoeira dancers in the middle of City Hall on Wednesday..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

BAM! Performing Arts Festival: What's that sound?

Pro Arts Collective gets your attention with BAM!, a new performing arts festival bringing dancers, actors, poets, and musicians to Austin to display the surge of creativity among African-American artists

"...collaborative company UpRise!, combining spoken word, dance, stage combat, capoeira, and music...."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chile's 'Machuca' Opens Eighth Cine Las Americas

Wednesday, April 20, 7pm

"...in attendance, free screenings that will include Ginga: A Capoeira Documentary and Rocinha Hip Hop, workshops, panels, several competition..."

April 15, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

A Pulsating Light From Brazil

Quasar, Brazil's most celebrated modern-dance troupe, brings its ferocious athleticism to Austin to launch the UT Performing Arts Center's new ArtesAméricas initiative spotlighting artists of Latin America.

"...will present here Sept. 12, video, music, sound, and capoeira -- broadly described as an Afro-Brazilian art form that..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Fixing Up the Fringe

"This was going to be a real library with real hours and a real librarian, if it killed me."

"...children and adults, a bicycle repair shop, and a Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts) and dance area. I called the..."

May 9, 2003 Books Feature by Josh Medsker

Cine Las Américas Schedule

"...of Emerging Filmmakers" plus an exhibition by Austin's International Capoeira Angola Foundation..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...Central Texas Wrestling Association, Freestyle Fighting Federation, Enogia, and Capoeira da Rua, it's also heavy with fisticuffs...."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Exhibitionism

Hay Fever: Child's Play

"...kneeling dancers beneath a wide shaft of red light. Capoeira artist Alby Roblejo tumbles and balances effortlessly, performing the..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Review

Live Shots

"...A Passo, a Brazilian dance troupe that specializes in capoeira, a slavery-era combination of dance, acrobatics, and martial arts..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature