Brazilian Zouk Fundamentals - New 4 Week Course!!!

🌟WHAT IS OUR BRAZILIAN ZOUK FUNDAMENTALS COURSE? Our ZOUK FUNDAMENTALS COURSE is perfect for beginners of BRAZILIAN ZOUK and for those who really want to focus on CREATING A SOLID DANCE FOUNDATION to allow more confidence and BETTER DANCE TECHNIQUE to build upon in Brazilian Zouk SHAPES and FLOW. Learning something new can be really intimidating and frustrating but FEAR NOT! ESPIRITO LATINO’S Zouk Fundamentals Course provides a SAFE SPACE to LEARN, PRACTICE and EXPERIMENT. We PRIDE OURSELVES on being one of the most INCLUSIVE and FRIENDLIEST dance communities; open to all ages and abilities. 🌟WHY BRAZILIAN ZOUK? The reason WE LOVE Brazilian Zouk so much is due to its wide range of interpretations; From NEO-ZOUK to HIP-HOP ZOUK, LAMBAZOUK to RIO- ZOUK, CONTEMPORARY-ZOUK to ZEN-ZOUK. No matter what your style of dance, or music genre preference, the BEAUTY of BRAZILIAN ZOUK is that you can interpret the music how YOU WANT! 🌟FREEDOM FOR FOLLOWERS - HURRAAHHH!!! Within Brazilian Zouk, there is a SHARED MINDSET that Zouk is a DIALOGUE between you and your partner. ‘WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN PRACTICE’??? I hear you say… Well, it means NO MORE UNCOMFORTABLE or even dangerous MOVES, or being forced into movements which you may not feel confident to execute at that moment. In Brazilian Zouk, it is understood that movements are SUGGESTED (by both leader and follower) not forced. Followers are also open to CREATE within this shared mindset with the understanding that leaders will adapt to the continual formation of the movement. EACH DANCE IS A UNIQUE CREATION! 🌟COURSE STRUCTURE These fundamental concepts are key to having the confidence to develop more intermediate and advanced variations in the future in ALL GENRES of Brazilian Zouk. 🌟Our aims: 🔥To develop the understanding of excellent frame and connection which is FUNDAMENTAL to all partner dances 🔥To invest time into developing BASIC DANCE TECHNIQUE which will make your zouk FEEL and LOOK better 🔥To teach Brazilian Zouk fundamental steps which will create a STRONG BASE for all other intermediate/advanced steps in Zouk 💫Class Structure 2 hour class + 1 hour social practice 💃Week 1 Rhythm Frame and connection Basics rhythm steps turn Viradinha 1 hour social practice 💃Week 2 Week 1 recap Viradinha 1 Lateral 1 hour social practice 💃Week 3 Recap week 1-2 Body roll Lateral Soltinho 1 hour social practice 💃Week 4 Recap week 1-2-3 Elastico Bonus variation 1 hour social practice 🌟MEET YOUR TEACHERS 🕺GIUSEPPE PALUMBO Giuseppe is the founder of Espirito Latino, he has been dancing since 2003 but it wasn’t until 2008, after moving to the UK, that he discovered Brazilian Zouk and says ‘’ it was love at first sight’’. Since then, Giuseppe has dedicated an important part of his life to developing Brazilian Zouk in Manchester. In June 2012, Giuseppe graduated as a UKA-qualified teacher in Salsa, Bachata, and Merengue with a specialisation in Brazilian Zouk and started together with Sara his wife and dance partner regular classes and a weekly Zouk event in Manchester under the brand Espirito Latino. The couple regularly attends international congresses and classes to deepen their understanding of this dance and enrich the local community with new steps, tricks, and insights. He has been teaching and/or performing Brazilian Zouk in dance events nationwide, such as Salsa Northwest UK Congress 2015 and 2016, and many events in Manchester, york, Liverpool and London, and abroad such as Zouk Austria Congress 2013 (as performers only), Rome Zouk Congress 2012 and 2013, Djing at the international Zouk Austria Congress Special Edition 2014, Madrid We Love Zouk in 2015, Gdańsk Poland 2017. 💃BETTS CORRIGAN Betts Corrigan, a trained dancer in ballet, modern ballet, and jazz, began dancing Brazilian Zouk in 2015 after many years of dancing Cuban, LA, and Cross Body Salsa. Betts endeavors to offer both followers and leaders alike, good, solid fundamental dance techniques, informed by her many years of training in classical ballet and these other genres. New to teaching Brazilian Zouk, she believes understanding these core techniques of alignment, contraction, and release, use of breath, centering, gravity and opposition is central to all dances and will take your dance to the next level. Betts is also adamant that followers should no longer be just a prop for the lead in the dance class, but rather, be fully guided, encouraged, and given confidence to really explore styling varieties to really develop these core principles in order to make their dance look and feel better. 🌟COURSE PRICE Note: please include email in reference in case of course updates and confirmation of payment. 🔥🔥4 WEEK COURSE🔥🔥 🐣Early Bird (until midnight 11th Jan) £40 individual pass £70 follower and leader pass combined 🐤Late Bird (until midnight 16th Jan) £50 Individual pass £90 follower leader pass combined 💫OTD £60 Individual pass £100 follower leader pass combined Pay by clicking on Tickets at the top of the event or clicking on the link: https://settleup.starlingbank.com/helencorrigan 🌈Please note that the course is sold as one package and cannot be separated into individual weeks. 🌈We encourage that all attendees participate in ALL weeks’ classes in order to really reap the benefits of this fundamentals course which can then create an excellent base for our improvers/intermediate classes.