Saida Urban Kiż & Kizomba Weekly Classes & Party in Brighton
Schedule
Wed May 29 2024 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Location
The Master Mariner | Brighton, EN
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TIMINGS & LEVELS?7pm-10pm classes & Party from 10pm?
HUGE NIGHT - ONE SMALL PRICE - *From only £10 for up to 3 hours of classes + social
3 hours of classes & Party from ONLY £10 *with our 4 class pass
Cash or Card accepted
PRICES & BOOKING
. £10/night - Book our 4 class pass (valid for 2 months) for £40
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. £12/night - Advance booking online
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. £15/night - On the door
?7pm - 9pm ?
Beginner-Improver UrbanKiz Progressive Workshop
?7pm-8pm ?
Intermediate Kizomba
?8pm-10pm ?
Improver-Intermediate UrbanKiz Progressive Workshop
?9pm-10pm ?
Beginner-Improver Kizomba
Party from 10pm
?Expect an awesome mix of Kizomba, Semba, Kompa, Urban Kiz, Tarraxo, Afrobeats, Zouk, Amapiano with DJ Greg on the decks?
UrbanKiz Evolution Team
Michael?:
?Introduced to dancing by his father (Craig) where he attended classes at Afro Latin school in Bristol at the age of 19.
?Michael progressed very quickly to teaching at UK events and then taught for 4 years at Bath Kizomba with the Bath Kizomba team.
Michael’s desire, hard work and dedication to learn urban earnt him the title, UK Open 2019 1st Urban Kiz Champion with his partner at the time Charlotte?
? Since winning his title he now teaches at lots of events and festivals around the UK sharing his love for UrbanKiz and passion to grow the Urbankiz scene in the UK.
Courtney?:
?Joined the Latin scene at the age of 18, being introduced to Salsa and Bachata through a university society called Dance4water Cardiff. ?She proceeded to then teach Bachata and more recently Kizomba at the society for 4 years, raising money for WaterAid through teaching classes for students.
?Courtney started her Kizomba journey with the Next-Level kizomba team in Cardiff and with the Bath Kizomba School and fell in love with Urbankiz through workshops, classes and Festivals.
?In October 2022, Courtney started assisting Michael in classes at Milton Keynes and at festivals such as WALF which then evolved into the start of a teaching partnership.
?Michael and Courtney trained hard and completed Curtis Seldons, Urbankiz Teachers Certification in January 2023 and announced their official partnership.
Since January, Michael and Courtney have been teaching and running events through their new brand Urbankiz Evolution and teaching at other events around the UK and Internationally.
Their journey together has just started but they are excited to keep sharing their passion and energy to teach Urbankiz and build an Urbankiz family that everyone can be apart of.
Resident Greg will take care of beginners and keep the decks spinning at the party playing Kizomba, Semba, Kompa, Urban Kiz, Tarraxo, Afrobeats, Zouk, Amapiano to keep you dancing and practicing your new moves into the small hours.
What is UrbanKiz??
?Urban Kiz is a new style that originated primarily in France founded by Curtis Seldon, Enah Lebon and Moun and was created in approximately 2013.
?This style is danced to more electronic music, including ghetto zouk and pop, hip-hop, rap and house music remixes.
?Urbankiz is a derivative of Kizomba, dancing with an open frame leading similar steps with the freedom of more tricks, illusions, and a higher emphasis on the dance's weight transfer.
?It is a style that allows for more space to dance independently and with your partner.
WHAT IS KIZOMBA?!
Kizomba is an African dance characterized by close partner connection and smooth, grounded movement. In kizomba, there is no “basic step” after the fashion of ballroom dances, to be repeated continuously throughout the dance.
Instead, movement with the music is the priority, and steps are incorporated according to the range of your vocabulary.
Kizomba can be successfully danced with only four or five moves, and yet mastery lies in the subtlety of movement and of the lead-follow connection.
“If it’s done well, if it’s done with the music, you don’t even need to do one saida, and I’m happy, you can only see a grin on my face because they’re feeling the music, they’re following the music. That’s what makes the dance as exciting as it is, not the moves,” says Angolan-born Riquita Alta.
In addition, the lexicon of kizomba steps is constantly expanding as people from around the world interpret the music in new ways. That means it’s easy for anyone to learn and enjoy on the social floor in only a little time, but remains challenging and interesting for those captivated by this style.
Whilst Kizomba is a close dance it is only romantic if you and your partner choose to make it so. As with any social dance, courtesy and respect are basic expectations, so there’s no need to feel intimidated by the social floor!
Kizomba is a wonderful, moving dance that will appeal to new dancers and veterans alike
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Where is it happening?
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