Movin' & Groovin' Bachata & Brazilian Zouk social

East Lansing!

Come to the Movin' and Grooving workshop featuring Bachata & Brazilian Zouk

Bachata and Brazilian Zouk are fun partner dances that allow partners to explore presence, creativity and exploration, and are perfect containers to explore these concepts.

In this workshop we're going to be working with grounding to be able to move across the floor as one with your partner and add grooves to add elements of play with your dance.

These workshops are all levels, whether your trying these dances for the first time, or have some experience, this is a great opportunity to get moving, learn something new and make new friends!

Can't wait to see you there!

*Location*

Spartan Dance & Ninja, Studio 4

6075 N Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823

It's about a 10 min by car from MSU campus from Hubbard Hall or about 15 min from the #24 CATA bus.

*Schedule*

2:00-3:00pm Bachata Class

3:00-4:00pm Brazilian Zouk Class

4:00-5:00pm Practica

*Pricing*

$20 Presale - sales end Oct 12th

$25 at the door

You can pay online w/:

Venmo: @dehow64

Cashapp: $dehow64

Paypal: paypal.me/dehow64

**About Bachata/ Sensual Bachata**

Authentic/ Traditional bachata was created by Dominican social dancer begining in the early 1960s. It has evolved from dancing to slower music with steps inspired by bolereo, to faster music using more footwork, syncopations and rebounding.

Sensual bachata was born in Cadiz and founded by Korke and Judith more than 15 years ago, by fusing the sensual style of Brazilian Zouk with the movements of Bachata. The style is based on body expression and dissociation of movements. Today it's one of the most practiced partner dances in the world, and continues to grow day by day.

**About Brazilian Zouk**

Brazilian Zouk is a partner dance that was originated in Brazil in the early 1990s, and based on Lambada, a dance born from other dances such a as forro, salsa, maxix, carimbo and others. From its inception it was danced to many styles of music sucha as Carribean Zouk, Samba Reggae, Flamenco and more. Today the dance and music have evolved to incorporate R&B, hip hop, pop, and contemporay elements. The dance is characterized by footwork, body movement, head movements, counterbalances, and many other dynamics. Today there's many dances and events all over the world attracting those from all walks of life as it provides one of the most varied social dance experiences.

**About the Artist**

Deon is an afro-teacher, performer, and choreographer from Michigan. Known for dancing, salsa, bachata, zouk and kizomba, he as been apart of numerous performance teams, in all styles throughout the years. He’s a been certified by some of the most comprehensive programs in brazilian zouk and bachata including the MAC Project by Alex de Carvalho in Zouk, Island Touch by Ataca y Alemana, and Korke y Judith. He's also been a 4x participant of the 100hr Zouk MX program, one of the most comprehensive zouk training programs in the world. He aims to teach people to be complete dancers incorporating connection, body movement, improvisation musicality, and expression. He aims to spread the joy of dance to many others around the world!

Host or Publisher Deon Lewis