Kiri Chapman Zouk Workshops in Houston

Join us for two hours of Zouk workshops with the amazing Kiri Chapman! Date: Saturday, July 17th Time: 5pm to 7pm Location: Vdanse Academy (formerly Sonia's World of Dance) Address: 5535 Richmond Ave Cost: $35 per person Payment options: - Cash at the event - PayPal: @BenjaminTritt - Venmo: @BenjaminTritt Kiri Chapman started ballet at an early age, leaving home at the age of thirteen to study at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington DC. She received full scholarships for her studies at the Kirov Academy and for summer programs at the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theater. Upon graduating from the Kirov Academy in 2005 and immediately joined the corps of Tulsa Ballet Theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In her three seasons with the company, from 2005-2008, she performed nationally and internationally in choreography from Twyla Tharp, George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Ma Cong, Marius Petipa and many others. She has been recognized in several internationally acclaimed ballet competitions: Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals (top twelve), Jackson USA IBC (competitor), and New York IBC (semi-finalist) and has been featured in Pointe Magazine. Chapman began ballroom and latin dance in NYC in 2010 and since then has been training, teaching and competing in festivals around the world. She placed 2nd in the Michigan Dance Challenge cabaret division and was a finalist in the Millennium Dancesport Championship 2014. She has taught and performed all over the world, Mexico, France, Angola, Brazil, Canada, Japan, and throughout the US. She loves to fuse her classical background and aesthetics with the energy and flair of latin dance and strives to create work that connects dancers from all backgrounds. Awards include World Salsa Open Finalist, World Bachata Fusion Champion, Bachata Cabaret and Salsa Cabaret Rising Star Champion and Ultimate Latin Dance Bachata Open Champion. She has also been featured on America's Got Talent, and several other brazilian TV shows. She currently lives in Brasil where she and her partner, Jaime Aroxa, train and teach out of their school in Sao Paulo.