Wednesday Zouk at Amigos

Wednesday Zouk at Amigo’s - March 2025

Starting in March, our Brazilian Zouk classes are moving back to Wednesday—we hope to see you all there!

We’re also launching a brand-new Level 1A Beginner Class on March 5th, and Musicality class for Brazilian Zouk dancers!!! We can’t wait to share this journey with you! 🙏

Join us at Amigo’s Sports Bar from March 5 to 26!

❤️💕🔥🕺💃🎶🙏

SCHEDULE

7:30PM-8:20PM

4-Week Level 1A Beginner Class by Kevin and Sondes

8:30PM-9:20PM

Musicality for Brazilian Zouk dancers by Chih and Gaby

9:30PM-late

Practice/ Social

LOCATION

Amigo’s Sports Bar

PRICE

4-Week Level 1A Beginner

$35

4-week Musicality class

$45

Practica/ Social drop-in: $5

Please e-transfer to

[email protected]

•The Price of the classes include practica of the night

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COURSE CONTENTS

4-Week Musicality for Zouk Dancers

Objective: Help dancers develop a deeper understanding of musicality, timing, and expression in dance.

Week 1:

Understanding Rhythm & Timing

-What is musicality? The relationship between music and movement.

-Basic elements of music: Tempo, beat,

-exercises on beat with different tempos.

Week 2: Tempo and Energy

-Recognizing changes in music

-Dancing through different sections of a song

-Dancing with body isolations.

-Slow vs. fast movements

-Full-song interpretation with guided feedback.

Week 3: Expressing Instruments & Vocals

-Listening beyond the beat

-Matching movement to instruments

-Interpreting vocals: Responding to energy and lyrics.

-Call-and-response exercises with a partner

Week 4: Timing of Chicoche

-Layering Chicoche techniques

-Finding the 1.

-Structure of music: Understanding 8-counts

-Dance challenges with different music styles.

By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation in musicality, enabling them to dance with more confidence, creativity, and connection to the music.

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4-Week 1A Zouk beginner class

Week 1: Foundations & Connection

-Posture, frame, and connection principles

-Weight Transfer – Understanding weight shift and balance

-Basic on Line – Forward and backward movement with partner connection

-Simple drills to refine leading and following

Week 2: Expanding Movement Vocabulary

-Review of previous concepts

-Viradinha – Introduction to rotation and pivoting

-Lateral – Side-to-side movement and weight change

-Combining Lateral with Basic on Line

Week 3: Variations & Styling

-Review and refinement of Viradinha and Lateral

-Left Side Turn from Lunge -Techniques for smooth transitions between moves

Week 4: Fluidity

-Review of all moves

-Yo-Yo – Adding elasticity and energy to movement

-Connecting Yo-Yo with Lateral and Left Side Turn