
Learn solo with music through shifting weight left and right, releasing the hips, pushing the floor, and maintaining control with changing shape and horizontal weight transfer.
Master the basic step on the spot and traveling in one direction, forward or backward, with a partner in a half-open hold, ensuring full weight transfers; leaders left, followers right.
Learn the basic forward and backward steps in brazilian zouk from a closed embrace with your partner. Focus on leg extensions, transfers, and grounding with the ball and whole foot.
Demonstrates leader's steps with counting in brazilian zouk, outlining four quarters and four halves, with detailed count sequences such as left leg three and seven eight and repeated eight-count patterns.
Master the follower’s piano step in Brazilian Zouk, starting the right foot forward and rotating on strong counts. Alternate basic and piano counts across 1–8 to maintain rhythm.
Learn follower's steps with counting in Brazilian Zouk Encyclopedia level 1, mastering basic steps, counting sequences, and leg variations with lifts and toe points.
If you are new to Brazilian Zouk, or just want to clean and improve your dance, this is the course for you! You can use this course to learn and study the all the basic steps of Brazilian Zouk, step by step, or you can use the videos for review and recap, and as more of an encyclopedia for reference regarding the terminology and technique of the basic steps.
During this course, you will learn all the fundamental stepping patterns of Brazilian Zouk. We will show you the steps for the follower, for the leader, and together. We'll break down and explain the steps for you, and we'll also guide you through the counts and there are videos where you can practice along, alone, or with a partner.
The course is for dancers of all levels and is both for leaders & followers.
It is a partner course – we will show the exercises solo as well, but the focus is on partner work.
The course is structured as a combination of theory and practice. The course is divided into lessons, which in turn are divided into topics. Each topic covers one principle, with a detailed description, video explanation and exercises and drills to understand and practice the movement in your own body.