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If you want to feel free and connected at the same time, or if you want to express yourself through dance, Zouk is the perfect dance for you. This dynamic couple's dance embodies joie de vivre and flow.
If you simply want to try something new, where you can have fun and meet new people, or if you want to start a hobby with your partner that serves as a balance, then simply sign up for a course and get to know our open-minded community.
As Brazilian Zouk is a relatively young dance, you can decide which role, leader or follower, you want to learn. Just do what you feel most like doing.
Zouk can be recognized by its round, flowing movements. It typically alternates between small, delicate and large, sweeping movements, as well as the turns and swirls of the dancers in the couple. The dance becomes what you make of it. You can fully express your creativity and draw inspiration from other dances or styles.
An important feature of Zouk is that the dance takes place as a dialog between the two partners and that the movements are empathetically responded to.
To get an impression of the diversity of Zouk, and also the music to which it is danced
is danced to, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14aLHE0BuJo
Please bring clean, flat shoes or socks! In the dance studio you may only dance in shoes with clean soles or in socks.
You can register for the Zouk individually or, if you want to come as a couple, in pairs.
Basic course I (Block A)
Beginners
In the first part of the basic course you will learn the basic elements. These include the basic step, turns on the spot, turns in space, as well as a sense of rhythm and rhythm and body and spatial awareness.At the beginning of each lesson, only the steps are practiced, without a partner, and then applied in pairs.There is always a repetition of the previous lesson and a new figure.
Based on this, the basic figures, dancing together and dancing to the music are built up.
Basic course II (Block B)
Beginners with previous knowledge
People who have danced Zouk before and want to refresh their skills can join this course.
New basic figures will be added and basic techniques for healthy dancing will be developed. In addition, the first isolation movements will be taught and empathic dancing together will be practiced.
(Newcomers are welcome to contact the course instructors to find a solution)
Advanced course (Block C)
Intermediate dancers (intermediate level)
The advanced course gets down to business! Techniques for the characteristic Zouk movements (upper body and head movements), the basic figures with bent axis and dynamics with musicality are on the program. On top of that, there are typical, cool moves from the Dresden community.Please note: important information for registration: The courses are offered in 2 time blocks during the TUD lecture period and run for eight weeks per time block. For time block B, participants from time block A must register again.The principle is that participants in the beginners' course from block A can switch to the beginners-with-previous-knowledge course in block B
In order to make this continuation possible for participants from the A block, the continuing courses in time block B are provided with a password for registration, which the participants of time block A receive from their course instructor.
If participants from block A do not book the respective continuing course in time block B, the free course places in block B can be booked by new participants.
When enrolling in the courses, please note the course descriptions above for the different performance levels and only enrol in the course for which you have the relevant prerequisites.
Block A: 21.10.2024 to 15.12.2024 (booking start 16.10.2024, students & employees / 17.10.2024 external students)
Block B: 06.01.2025 to 02.03.2025 (booking start for participants from A with password 11.12.2024/ booking start for remaining places without
password 18.12.2024 (students & employees) / 19.12.2024 (external participants)
Block C: 03.03.2025 to 31.03.2025 (booking start 26.02.2025)