Advanced Training Team Auditions w/ Kuna, Tori & Julissa

Name: Advanced Training Team Auditions w/ Kuna, Tori & Julissa
Start: 2026-01-05T20:15:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-05T21:30:00-05:00
Location: 2201 P St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20037

Schedule

Mon Jan 05 2026 at 08:15 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2201 P St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20037 | Washington, DC

We're kicking off a new season of our advanced Brazilian zouk training team - this time with Kuna, Tori & Julissa. Our training teams are an opportunity for students who have completed our curriculum to dive deeper into training with other more advanced dancers. Kuna, Tori and Julissa will share how they train and challenge you in your own dancing.
WHAT IS THIS TRAINING TEAM?
Training Team Focus: Musicality & Personal Expression
This training team builds on high-level movement quality and solo aesthetics, with a renewed emphasis on musicality, timing, and personality.
Dancers will work on timing changes, musical interpretation, and expressive choices through focused solo and partner exercises. The goal is to develop clearer musical responses, greater timing flexibility, and a dance that feels intentional, expressive, and uniquely personal, without sacrificing technique or functionality.
Ideal for dancers who want their movement to feel not just skilled, but alive, playful, and memorable.
TEAM TRAINING SCHEDULE
Mondays, 8:15-9:30pm
DanceSport Dupont Circle
January 12 - March 30
TEAM DETAILS
Following the auditions, we’ll send invitations to join the team with additional details.
Team members get:
- Discounts for progressive classes, workshops, and socials
- Free entry to Monday partner classes and practicas
- Discounted dues for joining multiple teams (if invited)
AUDITION FORMAT AND EXPECTATIONS
Where and When?
Monday, January 5
DanceSport Dupont Circle
8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
What to expect:
The audition will be a ‘workshop style’ session that’s similar to one of our team trainings. You'll get a sense of how the team works and whether it's a good fit. The audition includes the practica after, so you're welcome to stay and practice.
Audition cost: $30
Register at: https://www.danceplace.com/book/it/16263
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Kuna’s journey to Brazilian Zouk started about 10 years ago. As an established videographer and photographer, Kuna was hired to photograph a zouk event, where his talent and ability to capture the beauty of zouk was discovered. Brazilian Zouk congresses around the world started hiring him to film and photograph their events, igniting his love affair with the dance. Kuna traveled across the globe as a filmmaker, while simultaneously learning from the most recognizable Zouk instructors. He became passionate about mastering the technique and intricate details of leading to not only improve his dance, but to also create a comfortable and smooth experience for those he dances with. For the past several years, Kuna has logged over 8,000 hours of social dancing, obtained teacher training from some of the most esteemed Zouk instructors (including Kim Rottier, Bruno Galhardo, Ry’El & Jessica, and Brenda & Anderson), and has danced with close to a hundred different dance communities around the world. In just a few short years, he has cultivated a skill level that’s inline with the top professionals and has become one of the most desirable and recognizable names within the Zouk community. Kuna went from being behind the camera to starring in front of it as an instructor at Zouk congresses and as a lover of zouk who can always be found dancing the night away. Today, Kuna continues to share his love of videography and dance with Zouk communities both big and small. He’s passionate about sharing all that he’s learned and has taught some of the biggest classes in the world, but still spends his time supporting the growth of smaller communities. Kuna’s classes are going to feel intimate no matter the size as he makes the effort to know each dancer personally. He has a unique approach to teaching that sometimes pushes dancers outside of their comfort zones, but never without a positive outcome. He is constantly looking to improve as both a dancer and instructor, which benefits all those lucky enough to cross paths with him in the zouk world. He will make jokes, half of which won’t be funny, but try to laugh anyway.