SoulZouk Sweden premier!

SoulZouk, the Zouk style that 20 years ago until today has influenced the Zouk scene very much is now starting in Stockholm! The style is incredibly soft and movement friendly. It has brought very nice and controlled moves to the dance floor as well as the inner sensual feeling of dance and connection. SoulZouk is a dance where we prioritize feeling in dancing. In SoulZouk we skip the thinking process and lead utilizing the natural body responses of the follower. Leaders trained this way are known to be very gentle and precise leaders. Followers are known to be very stable, balanced and able to enjoy the dance much more. Read more about SoulZouk below Or take a look at some elements of SoulZouk in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QmWnj7kFpo Ola is a SoulZouk teacher in Poland traveling here to teach you the style together with Mikael Pettersson, Stockholm. She was here already 3 years ago with China who created the dance style and has established SoulZouk in Poland since then. Now it's your turn to experience this incredible Zouk style that will develop you as a dancer in new fun and challenging ways! FUNDAMENTALS OF SOULZOUK ● leading and following with your body ● natural reaction ● comfort and safety ● increase creativity for leader and follower ● improve balance ● precise, clear and soft leading ● saving energy for more dances ● leading on the skin ● dance massage techniques LEVEL The workshops are mostly for zoukerous who wants to improve their dancing and have some experience in dance. It will be well guided step by step but the basics needs to be in place. SCHEDULE 11.00 -=Fika=- 11.15-11.45 Body Bliss Breathwork 11.45 -=Fika=- 12.00-13.00 SoulZouk Fundamentals 1 13.00-14.00 SoulZouk Fundamentals 2 14.00 -=Food=- 15.00-16.00 SoulZouk - The Dance with the hands 16.00-17.00 SoulZouk - You can see the smile 17.00-18.45 SoulZouk Social -=Fika=- REGISTRATION https://forms.gle/jHaUeYeC1zeD3L5R9 PRICES The event is for FREE LOCATION Östbergatorget TEACHERS ALEKSANDRA took her first dance steps as a little girl. She started with acrobatics and sports dance. Then she was dreaming about ballroom dancing. As a teenager Aleksandra discovered jazz and engaged in it truly. For the next years she had experienced technique, smooth moves and lyrical character of this dance. With a group of peers she started performing in Warsaw. In 2011 she discovered the uniqueness of connection between two people during the dance in Salsa and Bachata. In 2012 she saw Zouk for the first time and instantly noticed that she wants to give full vent to this dance. For her zouk is the reflection of everything that she values in dance: smooth and lyrical moves, flow, connection of two bodies and their souls. Very quickly Ola began to perform with the zouk choreography group and became a zouk instructor. In 2016 Ola started her history with SoulZouk. Through intensive training and cooperation with Kris, Ola very quickly began to teach Soulzouk. She was also assisting China, her great authority and creator of soulzouk. Currently Ola is an experienced zouk, bachata teacher and certified judges of Brazilian Zouk. Give lots of workshops in her country and abroad. She also organize her own dance workshops, holidays and festival. Last months she graduated from the faculty of Choreography and Dance Technique. MIKAEL has been doing Martial Arts his whole life, mostly Judo and Taido. His Idols were always TMNT to become one of them. The joy of learning new movements with your body and doing cool stuff has always been there. He was always dancing a lot when he went out to local disco and loved to dance too. In early 2015 he took his first steps in swing and found out a new cool way to do moves and express joy! Also the fun connection of creating a dance together was an eye opener! In 2016 he found out Brazilian Zouk and became a lifestudent of this dance after visiting Warsaw Zouk festival and also student of SoulZouk after several workshops with Kris and China in Stockholm. In 2017 he started also learning Intermediate to advanced moves from Kadu & Larissa In 2017 he started doing classes in Rio Zouk and has done 8 levels of Rio Zouk.with the students until today. In 2018-2019 he took privates and did more SoulZouk training with Kris. In 2019 he learned alot from Bruno & Raiza during their bootcamp. In 2019 he became certified international SoulZouk teacher after support and training with Kris and China in Amsterdam. Today he organice 4 regular classes per week, doing full day and weekend events, gives privates, organizes socials and travels to festivals for more knowledge and competitions. ABOUT SOULZOUK SoulZouk is a dance where we prioritize feeling in dancing. Other dances work where the leader signals something and the follower recognizes it consciously and responds with a memorized element of the dance. In SoulZouk we skip the thinking process and lead utilizing the natural body responses of the follower. This is possible by maintaining constant connection through dance using all means possible and maintaining highly alert sense of touch and body awareness in both leaders and followers. This way followers can stop thinking about what they should do next and relax completely. Leading is also not based on the thinking process and practiced moves but on applying known leading techniques using intuition, interactive “following the follower” process, and feeling your own body. COVID-19 restrictions *Hand sanitizers before every class * Rotation optional * Any sign of sickness - stay home! * Lots of space between the couples * Limited spots