Weekly Classes With Igor Fraga

Name: Weekly Classes With Igor Fraga
Start: 2024-07-18T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-18T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Jazzercise (Charlotte)

Schedule

Thu Jul 18 2024 at 07:30 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Jazzercise (Charlotte) | Charlotte, NC

We’re excited to announce that Igor Fraga will be back in the QC!
Igor will be teaching a progressive intermediate class starting mid July through mid August!

Beginner level classes will include the following:
Week 1 - Fundamentals Patterns
Week 2 - Traveling Turns
Week 3 - Framework and Posture
Week 4 - Soltinhos
Intermediate level classes will include the following:
Week 1 - Yo-Yo Variations
Week 2 - Body Movement
Week 3 - Bonus Left
Week 3 - Piao
Join us as we continue to grown the Charlotte Zouk scene with weekly classes every Thursday, all month long.
As always, no partner is needed but we encourage you to bring any friends who have been wanting to learn a new hobby this year.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Teacher Igor Fraga, originally from Brasil, started his zouk journey in 2012 training with ZoukNY founder, Kim Rottier. For many years, he has been dedicating his work to residencies around the US helping the communities grow and improve. He specializes in fundamentals work for beginners. He’s also the director of a very successful beginner track program at the NYC Zouk Festival called Dare 2 Zouk and has gathered many trophies from JnJ competitions.
DJ DJ Fraga's career started in New York in 2013, where he quickly gained recognition thanks to his carefully crafted playlists and knowledge of the dance-floor. He is now the Zouk DJ with the longest running career, still in activity, in North America. With an eclectic library of music, he mixes his sets with an array of Pop music, RnB, Brazilian songs, Neozouk, and Kizomba. His goal on every set he plays is to create a smooth flow for the dance floor with songs that the crowd can emotionally connect with.

SCHEDULE:
Intermediate Level Class 7:30pm - 9:15 pm
Beginner Track 8:30pm - 9:15 pm
Practica 9:15 pm - 10 pm
PRICES:
Beginner Package: $80
Drop In: $25
Intermediate Level
Monthly Package: $120
Drop In: $35
PAYMENT:
- Venmo: @CrownZouk | https://venmo.com/u/crownzouk
- Zelle: [email protected]
QUESTIONS:
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What is Brazilian Zouk?
What is Brazilian Zouk? Brazilian Zouk is a partner dance which began in Brazil during the early 1990s. Brazilian Zouk evolved from the partner dance known as the Lambada. As the Lambada music genre went out of fashion, Lambada dancers turned to Caribbean Zouk as their music of choice. It was this transition that birthed the dance known as Brazilian Zouk. The most characteristic feature of Brazilian Zouk is the follower's upper body movements which are led out of axis by intricate leading and following techniques. Other features include body isolations, tilted turns and more recently counter-balance techniques. Brazilian Zouk is a dance with well defined basic steps and rhythmic patterns. The representation of these steps and rhythmic patterns varies depending on the substyle of Zouk. The overall plasticity of the movements and the range of musical genres it is danced to, make Brazilian Zouk a partner dance that caters to creativity and improvisation.