Brazilian Dance Craze Is Taking Over
Hailed by some as the new capoeira, passinho is a lightning-quick dance style that evokes 1980s b-boy battles in the Bronx, as performers push their physical limits in exhilarating head-to-head contests. Within the space of a decade, it has gone from a side attraction within the bailes funk – those raucous, illicit parties that light up Rio’s outer neighborhoods – to a national phenomenon with primetime TV slots, lucrative sponsorships and star status for a lucky few. We’ll be seeing a lot of this in World Cup coverage.
