Signature Pedagogies in the Afro-Brazilian Martial Art Capoeira: Why Problem Based Learning Produces Better Performers.

An essay is presented on capoeira, which is considered as a dance-fight-game, its history, ethnography and performance training. The author describes capoeira as an improvisational Brazilian martial art that combines fighting, acrobatics, theatrics and dancing within a performance context. She explores the training condition of the body for dance performance.