Course Details
Zouk (Rio-style) is a beautiful
and intimate partner dance, evolved from Lambada and danced to Zouk
rhythm music. A modern and slower version of Lambada, it is sensual,
trance-like, involves lots of turns and dips, and close body
movement.
Unlike Salsa, which is led with the hands, Zouk is led by more parts
of the body, particularly by the hips. However, in various moves,
partners are also connected by eye contact, legs, arms, shoulders,
head, etc.
Two of the most distinctive movements in Zouk for the ladies involve
arching of the back (the cambré) and head movements, most noticeably
the rolling of the head during turns. These movements lend an air of
sensuality to the dance.
Zouk is immensely popular in cities such as Rio de Janeiro, São
Paulo, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Spain, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, New York,
San Francisco, London and Amsterdam, and is gainly much popularity in
Singapore.
Brazilian Zouk can be danced to all kinds of Zouk music. One of the
reasons it is gaining popularity is because Zouk can also be danced
to R&B music, such as music from Rihanna, Neyo, Craig David, etc. as
well as chill-out music such as those you'll find on Cafe Del Mar
albums. This helps to keep the music, and thus the dance, relevant
and addictive. As long as there's a strong beat that isn't too fast,
you can dance Zouk to any song.
Zouk is not only an elegant, graceful and beautiful dance, but it's
also a good form of exercise. Contrary to popular belief, you do not
need to be very flexible to do Zouk. On the contrary, when you do
Zouk, you will become more flexible and stronger, especially in your
core, back and thigh muscles.
In this 2-hr x 4 lesson introductory workshop, you'll learn the basic
steps, turns and partner moves of Zouk, as well as some of the
beautiful dips that are common to the dance. The steps and body
movement are different from Salsa, Bachata, etc. so they will take
some getting used to.
Spaces are limited, so register today! Get ready to fall in love with
Zouk!
Register
now!
To view a Zouk performance by the Two Left Feet Zouk performance team,
click here!
To view a video a Zouk demo by Alisson & Wendy at Two Left
Feet,
click here!
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You do not need a partner to join the class. Classmates will be
partnered up with each other, and partners will be rotated
frequently.
As Zouk is a fairly intimate and physically-close dance, you have
the option of staying with a specific partner during the
workshop. However, we do recommend rotating partners and
partnering with all your classmates during the workshop.
For greater mobility, please wear pants and proper dance shoes.
No skirts allowed.
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