Try to keep from dancing while looking at DanceBrazil’s 2015 season

Among the best dance events this summer, DanceBrazil promises to stand out. The company’s infectiously enthusiastic choreography stems from artistic director Jelon Vieira's long interest in capoeira and contemporary dance, a fusion that marries the hypnotic martial art to ebullient modern movement. At the Joyce through July 3, DanceBrazil presents a program that includes the new work Malungos, a piece that Vieira named after a term used on slave ships among Africans being brought forcibly to Brazil; Vieira believes that dance itself can cement bonds of support and friendship even when we are confronted with the unthinkable.