Upcoming Zouk Series
Courses are sold in 4 week bundles.
We have a special Instructor, Two time Zouk World Champion Leo Gomes and his partner Anna Onstad Hargrave teaching these classes. This class is an amzaing experience!! Classes are held in Sebastopol at Soft Medicine Sanctuary, 186 N Main St., Sebastopol, CA
What is Zouk?
Brazilian Zouk is a Latin dance which began in Brazil during the early 1990s. It originated from a Brazilian dance called Lambada with influences from other Brazilian dances.
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In the 80’s, Lambada was very popular in Brazil and quickly gained worldwide notoriety through its music especially because of the popularity of the band Kaoma, Beto Barbosa, among others, and different styles of music such as Samba-Reggae, Caribbean Zouk, Flamenco music, mainly Gipsy Kings, among others. TV shows, films and DJ’s also helped promote the dance and the music.
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Lambada was a dance that dominated most nightclubs in Brazil, especially in Porto Seguro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro.