Maïlys Lambada Into Zouk Second Half 3-hour Workshop on Feb 8

Name: Maïlys Lambada Into Zouk Second Half 3-hour Workshop on Feb 8
Start: 2025-02-08T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-08T23:55:00-05:00
Location: Dance2.Live

Schedule

Sat Feb 08 2025 at 01:00 pm to 11:55 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Dance2.Live | Ottawa, ON

Maïlys Lambada Into Zouk Second Half 3-hour Workshop on Feb 8
Please register here:
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WORKSHOP CONTENT
Let's keep building our confidence on using typical steps of lambada in Brazilian Zouk, mastering and understanding the transitions between soltinho, boneca and chicote !
DATE
Saturday, February 8, 2024
SCHEDULE
1:00PM - 4:00PM Lambada Into Zouk Workshop First 3 hours
4:00PM - 5:00PM Practice
8:00PM - late Ottawa Zouk Community Home party at Mark’s place
PRICE
$60 - Each Jan 11 or Feb 8 Includes workshop, practice and home party
$105 - For both Jan 11 & Feb 8
And e-transfer to
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The whole series of 7.5 hours Lambada into Zouk contents
December 14: Christmas Party 1.5 hours
Let's find the freedom of Lambada into Zouk!
We will work on some variations in the basic step to understand "how and when" we can play !
From the base we will dive into the vovó, one very typical and historic step of Lambada, can we use it in Brazilian-Zouk ? Of course !
January 11: First Half 3 hours
Let's dive in head Movement technique, leads and follows !
We will break it down and see how we connect it to our footwork.
Let's understand the difference between balão and pião !
A challenge is to be expected with variation suggestions! Let's fly
February 8: Second Half 3 hours
Let's keep building our confidence on using typical steps of lambada in Brazilian Zouk, mastering and understanding the transitions between soltinho, boneca and chicote !
BIO
Maïlys Arbaoui Westphal
Maïlys is an artist being deeply passionate by dance, singing and music. From her childhood onwards she has been dedicating to dance (starting with Rythmique Gymnastic) and classical music (Piano-Flute).
She decided to go further as a professionnal dancer and singer after high-school graduation, In 2013 she graduated from the Musical Theater School : Choreia Art Studio, Paris. She kept strenghning her skills by following an intensive Acting class, an Opera singing conservatory and a Dance school (jazz-ballet) in Paris.
In 2014 she discovered Brazilian Zouk and Samba de Gafieira in Paris, and instantly felt in love with brazilian dances. The spirit, the community, the technic, the aesthetics, the connexion, the field of freedom and creativity that those dances embodies, was all she was looking for in Dance. Allowing to share and create with a partner, but also to give a pattern to improve the body expression.
She studied 4 years with Alex de carvalho in Paris, was being part of DBAC, Alex de Carvalho’s French team.
In 2018 Maïlys moved to New-York city for an 8 months intensive Dance program at Broadway dance center, concentration in Jazz, but also learning ballet and contemporary. Beside school, she connected, learned and dance with Ry’el and Jessica, being part of their team and performing by their side in Atlantic city.
From 2018 until now she learned from Gilson Damasco, master and reference in Lambada/Brazilian Zouk. This way she could connect with the history of this dance, the rythm. The roots, the joy.
From opera singing, to lambada, musical theater to classical music her everyday life is a mix of different arts !
She has being traveling, discovering dance in many places Brasil-USA-Holland-Spain-Chech Republic, Mexico, Croatia, Israël …), enriching her soul and her dance learning from teacher and getting inspired by dancers from all over the world.
Since december 2021, Maïlys has been invited by Gilson Damasco to teach Brazilian Zouk/Lambada with him. Travelling more and more, in different countries and and cities for events, weekender, festivals, immersion, in Europe but also in North/South America.