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New Style of Latino American Dance Conquers European Clubs (Repost of European newspaper article)
International Dance Critic - Stuart Sweeney reports on our success overseas
Interview with Aisa Lafour, Zouk Dancer
Zouk Tops Music Download Charts
CNN Reports: Profile of Zouk Music and Recording Artist
Shots from the Suzanna Lubrano Concert in New York @ SOBs - 3/11/07
I am a promoter of Zouk, (pronounced Zuke) music/dancing in the USA. I produce entertaining evening events as well as perform this dynamic way of dancing at nightclubs, world music and cultural festivals. I have also taught, developing hundreds of students along the way in the studio. Through the efforts of others like myself, this has spread to 15, 19, 22 countries in the past couple of years months (Way to go, guys! Keep it up!) .
Born in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, Zouk Dancing, originally known also as "Kole Sere", (French for "tightly glued at the hips") would later leap cultures to Brazil and Argentina, where it was developed into a structured dance, and with additional inspiration from Cape Verde (Cabo-Zouk) and Angola (Kizomba), and then relaunched to Europe and Asia.
Zouk is also a world music style with recordings ranging from a heavy R&B or light Jazz influence to Arabic melodies, familiar Latino sounds and even Hip-Hop, all moving to a backdrop of an addictive tropical rhythm. The ensuing dance thus imitates the ambiance of the seductive, and often thunderous, lumbering beat. The foundation of this particular style of dancing complements natural movement and allows for growth in a number of directions. Zouk has a vast library of choreography, a little of which I demonstrate below. The lyrical movement technique learned here transforms a dancer's performance of other styles as well.
You will never dance the same again.
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Video of the Moment:Â Â Â Zouk at Rumba Latina
(The Netherlands - performance is a style combination
of Zouk Love & Zouk Revolution)
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Zouk Dancing From Around The World
Updated on 5/24/07 with additional footage (including me!)
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