Zouk Connection and Musicality Outdoor Retreat

This will be our third and most refined Move and One outdoor retreat. Our outdoor retreats take place in 4 areas of the Theodore Roosevelt Island, the monument, the wilderness, the deck and the secret beach. At each location we either work on Zouk dance concepts or social dance and enjoy the outdoors. MAIN TOPICS: 1. Connection Fundamentals: Accurate leading and following of body movement, turns, head movement and more. 2. Musicality: creating combos with finishes that end on breaks, helpful move variations for more musicality and lyrical music interpretation. 3. Zouk Geometry: Intermediate combo with boneca and cambre that challenges dancers to have more geometric awareness and lead/follow more accurately. PROGRAM: 12:30PM Check in at Theodore Roosevelt Island Parking lot near the pedestrian bridge 1:05PM Begin walk to first location 1-2pm: Connection fundamentals: embrace, engagement, resistance, natural counterbalance Short Break 2-3pm Zouk Musicality in the Woods 3-4pm Zouk Geometry Concept and Intermediate Boneca Cambre Combo 4-5pm Social Dance at Secret Beach 5PM - Event concludes 5:30PM Optional Dinner (not included in price): We have a set location for a group dinner, please let us know if you will be joining us for dinner at the beginning of the event. *Event contents may be subject to change *If weather is not suitable there is no rain date, refunds will be processed *Bring water, comfortable walking shoes and a snack PRICE: $20 Per Participant Registration can be completed online from https://squareup.com/store/indcevents INSTRUCTOR BIO: Octavio Jan has been teaching Zouk-Lambada for over a year in the DC area and has helped many people in the DC area learn and improve their Zouk Fundamentals and learn more advanced Zouk concepts. After being inspired by Willian Teixeira early in his journey, he travelled to many parts of Europe in 2016 to train with William such as the Dutch Zouk, Czech Republic and Austria. While following William around he had the pleasure to work with Bruno Galhardo, Xandi and Val Clemente on numerous occasions. In 2017, he began sharing valuable connection concepts he had learned from his deep background in Kizomba and what he learned from the major Zouk super connectors Bruno, Xandi and Val Clemente in the DC area. He is now a regular attendee at the worlds biggest Zouk festival Dutch Zouk and has also trained in Poland to learn more about Lyrical Zouk and Contact Improvisation. Octavio also trains as a follow and understands connection, follow technique and ladies styling.