Coming out of Rio de Janeiro's favelas to global fame, Passinho is more than just a dance – it's a cultural movement. Discover how this street-born style became a symbol of resistance and unity. Since ...

Passinho or “little step” began with small groups performing at parties inside Rio’s favelas, but has since spread, helping to break the stigma of the communities usually known for violence and drug ...

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 ...

Photographer Lianne Milton explores Rio de Janeiro's new dance form — the passinho — which combines hip-hop and break-dancing with traditional... When photographer Lianne Milton was invited by friends ...

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 — ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — In the newly renovated port district at the heart of Rio's historic center, a group of young Brazilian passinho dancers stepped onto the stage to compete for a chance to win a gold ...

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 ...

The passinho is a new dance craze that is offering the hope of a better life to young people in Rio’s favelas. Júlia Dias Carneiro reports. Twenty-year-old Pablo Henrique Goncalves, also known as ...

1 of 11 — Wellington Costa, 19, performs at the semifinals of a passinho competition in Rio de Janeiro on April 23. Passinho is a liberated dance form born in Rio's favelas, or shantytowns. 2 of 11 — ...

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 — ...