Zouk with the Rio Zouk Style Team on August!

Hey everybody, it has been a while! A lot has been happening lately (like my four-week dance trip to Brazil), but I'll write some feelings about those later on. Now I wanted to share with you a couple of zouk events taking place this month for which I'm getting pretty excited about: I'm teaching both zouk workshop and a drop-in with our Rio Zouk Style Team in few weeks time.


Beginners Zouk Workshop on 8 August 2015 from 2pm to 5 pm at Etnofitness (Vilhonvuorenkatu 11 A)

The 3-hour workshop is designed for those who would like to get started with Brazilian zouk or who would like to review/improve their zouk basics. I'm teaching the workshop with Sonja from our team and we are going to go through the basic elements you need to start dancing zouk. The workshop  is a great way to get a kick start for the autumn's courses and will get you started to hit the dance floor on dance parties.  No previous experience from zouk is required, however, we will modify the workshop according to the level of the attendees.

Remember to register for the workshop in www.riozoukstyle.com. More information can also be found from the Facebook event.

Zouk Drop-in Class on 12 August 2015 from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Etnofitness

I'm teaching this drop-in class with Antti from our team and it is targeted for beginner/improver zouk dancers (some basic knowledge is required; perfect for dancers from spring's fundamentals or team A courses from Rio Zouk Style Academy). As the name says, just drop in to Etnofitness at the time above, no registration is needed.

In the drop-in we are going to work with some movements that you can use in those "non-beat" sections of zouk music and with smooth transitions from basic step to these movements. More information from the Facebook event.

All the profit from these classes are going straight to the Rio Zouk Style Team, so by participating to the classes, you will not only improve your own dancing but also support your local zouk team to cover some training etc. costs. We are all in the process of learning to become dance teachers and very eager to share our knowledge as well as help beginner and improving dancers to polish their zouk. All feedback and wishes are warmly welcomed. I'm sure we will all have crazy fun time in the classes.


Also, if you have friends who seem interested of trying out zouk, please invite them to the beginner workshop. The more zouk dancers we get to Helsinki, the merrier the scene becomes, right? I hope to see many of you in the classes!



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