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Learn Brazilian Zouk's fundamentals and social dance skills to join a growing local and international community of dancers. This 8-week course will cover the most essential techniques and patterns. By learning with the same group each week you'll be able to build a good foundation.Our courses are structured to provide time for you to practice during and after class. Our instructors and assistants will help you by giving you specific feedback. That way you'll be ready to go to the parties and just enjoy it!
OUR CURRICULUM
Our main goal at District Zouk is to provide the tools to help you become a comfortable and versatile social dancer. That includes the techniques behind creating a comfortable dance both as a leader and a follower; solid foundations; musicality; use of the space and floorcraft; social dance dynamics, etiquette and safety.
We built our curriculum to develop your social dancing skills beyond the knowledge of the movements, providing time to practice in class with the help of our instructors and assistants.
HOW ARE THE COURSES STRUCTURED?
Each course is 8 weeks long, with one 1.5-hour class per week. Out of these 8 weeks, 6 are dedicated to teaching new content and 2 are dedicated to practice, feedback, and discussions about connection, music, social dance dynamics, etiquette, safety and other exercises and challenges that will bring all the course’s content together.
SCHEDULE
Tuesdays
7:15-8:30pm Class
8:30-9:00pm Practica
PREREQUISITES
- No partner required for any of the courses. You sign up as a lead or a follow.
- No experience required.
LOCATION
DanceSport Dupont Circle
2201 P St. NW (GPS 1520 22nd St. NW)
The Church of the Pilgrims Fellowship Hall
(Entrance from the south side via stairs going down)
Washington DC 20037
REGISTRATION
- $190 for one course
- 5% discount to take two classes at once - if you have some experience with Brazilian zouk, contact us to see if this would be a good option
- Additional discounts available for college students. Contact us for details.
- Get your tickets at: https://www.danceplace.com/ticket/buy/13259
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Adayl (He/him) is a Brazilian dance instructor and has been teaching for 12 years. He specializes in bringing Brazilian joy to his dances. Part of Grupo Embalanço, from Araraquara - Brazil, he participated, taught and performed in dance Festivals and Congresses in Brazil and around the world. His training background and personal inspirations are the masters: Brenda, Bruno G and Raiza, Paulo and Luiza. Adayl’s teaching technique focuses on partner connection, clean fundamentals, flow, incorporating body movements and a lot of musicality into the dance.
Ashley Kent has been dancing from an early age, including training in jazz, tap, ballet, modern, west African dance, salsa, kizomba, Brazilian zouk, and lambada. She got hooked on afro-latin partner dancing while living abroad in Ghana and Sudan. When she was introduced to Brazilian zouk in Washington DC in 2012, she fell in love with it. Ashley helped build the thriving Brazilian zouk community that exists in DC today, founding District Zouk in 2014 and offering consistent weekly classes since then. She has continued her own training via trips to Brazil, professional development programs, one-on-one training with some of the top international instructors, and cross-training in other dances. Seeing new people fall in love with Brazilian zouk and lambada and grow in their own dance journey keeps her energized. Ashley loves sharing her love for this dance, building community, encouraging people to learn both roles in partner dances, and creating explosive moments of musicality.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
DanceSport DuPont Circle, 2201 P St NW, Washington, DC 20037-1033, United States,Washington D.C.