seattle dance academy
zouk
level 1
w/ val + za
MONDAYS from 8:15-9:45pm
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Experience Required: None
Curriculum Length: 6 Months
Rolling Enrollment: Yes, with instructor approval after January - as space allows
Start Date: January 2023, and July 2023
Performance: No
The Zouk Level 1 team membership program is designed to help dancers understand how to connect to their partners, be musical in their dances, and lead/follow in an awesome yet technical way.​
The curriculum will focus on the following:
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Timing, technique, and connection for beginning students.
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Building a strong foundation of the Brazilian zouk technique
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Establishing a safe, body-and-partner-aware way of dancing.
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Working on the quality of movement and body awareness, which you can use in many dance forms.
zouk
level 2
w/ ana and viet
MONDAYS from 6:30-8:00pm
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Experience Required: Completion of Level 1 or equivalent, with instructor approval
Curriculum Length: 6 Months
Rolling Enrollment: Yes, with instructor approval - as space allows
Start Date: January 2023, July 2023
Performance: No
The Zouk Level 2 team membership program is for students who have a solid foundational skillset and are beginning a more technical intermediate level. This team will develop a student's ability with a greater variety, technical understanding, and creativity in their dancing. We want to empower students to feel great on the dance floor, improve technique, musicality, and presentation.
The curriculum will focus on the following:
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Link foundational movements that harness the natural flow and expansiveness of traditional Rio zouk.
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Promote the joy and expression of traditional Rio zouk through appreciation of the culture and origins of the dance.
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Expand into intermediate vocabulary by building on fundamentals and competency of technically sound movement.
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Build comprehension and skills of natural and safe body movement.
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Develop comprehension of self as a dancer and co-creation within the dance; highlighting elements of connection to self and to others in partnership.
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Provide preparation for advanced zouk teams.
zouk
level 3
w/ ian + jamelyn
TUESDAYS from 6:30-8:00pm
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Experience Required: Completion of Level 2 or equivalent, with instructor approval
Curriculum Length: 6 months
Rolling Enrollment: Yes, with instructor approval - as space allows
Start Date: January 2023, July 2023
Performance: No
The Zouk Level 3 team membership program is for students who have already developed strong foundations in zouk and are skilled in intermediate level material.
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Training solo movement to build body awareness, control, and quality of movement.
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Studying progressively more difficult variations and combinations of movements, both stationary and traveling.
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Developing skills in different styles of zouk.
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Exploring musicality across different styles and genres.
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Training balance, counterbalance, head movement, spins, and off-axis movement.
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Training higher level techniques of connection, flow, and partnership dynamics.
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Empowering students to be creative in their movement and dance identity by understanding the "why" in their dance.