IT’S THE NEW YEAR!!!!

Let's welcome 2024 with a Zouk social

There will be dancing! There will be snacks! And most importantly, there will be a crazy bunch of your Zouk family!!

Plenty of music and DJ sets to get you back in the mood after the holidays!

Venue:
We will be in the lovely Colours of Dance studio on Histon Road. Car parking round the back of the building and cycle locks round the front.

Tickets:
£6 on the door!

It’s Chriiiissttmmaaaaasss!!!!

Join us for our annual awesome Christmas Party!

There will be food! There will be dancing! There will be mulled wine! And most important, there will be a crazy bunch of your Zouk family!!

More details to follow…including after-party

Tickets:
£10 early bird
£8 members early bird
£15 on the door

This will be our last event of the year, join us to celebrate Zouk in Cambridge!!!

Amazing Brazilian Zouk and Lambada artists Ola and Oeslle (https://www.facebook.com/oesllenola) will be visiting Cambridge to share their skills with us on Sunday 26th November, for a fun-packed day of dancing and learning!

We start at 10.15am and finish at 9pm... So there will be a lot of exciting dance activities on offer 🤩😍🥳

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Timetable:

- 10.15am: ZoukFit by Elli Hullis

- 11am-12: Workshop 1 by Jenny/Elli

- 12-1pm: Lunch Break

- 1-3.30pm: Workshop 2 by Ola & Oeslle (including break)

- 3.30-4.30pm: Daytime Social

- 4.30-6pm Dinner break

- 6-7pm Party Workshop!

- 7-9pm Party 🥳

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Venue:

The beautiful modern William Collyn Community Centre Main Hall

https://williamcollyn.co.uk/

Wellbrook Way, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0GP

Has baby facilities and excellent parking.

Can bring your own food and drink

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Tickets:

£42 on the door (£35 for members)

£36 advance (£30 for members)

£12 party only (£10 for members)

Advance ticket sales will finish by end of Sunday 19th Nov

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Artists: About Ola & Oeslle

Ola & Oeslle are Brazilian Zouk and Lambada teachers based in London/Warsaw.

Dancing together since June 2022, they are here to share the love and passion for the dance.

Ola is a dancer with over 18 years of experience. She has won 1st place in the Intermediate category at the Brazilian Dance Festival 2022 in Amsterdam, 3rd place at the Warsaw Zouk Festival 2022. Since 202, she has been a certified Brazilian zouk instructor by the methodology of Alex de Carvalho. She is a member of the WARSAW ZOUK COMPANY, whose show was presented at the largest festivals in Europe.

Oeslle is originally from Brazil, where he has trained danca de salao (Forró, Bolero, Samba), Bachata, and Kizomba. In 2017, He joined the studio Barracão da Dança where he was trained by Daniel Darbello, Matheus Franco, and Nina Darbello. Oeslle loves competitions and performances. He has been part of 4 Brazilian Zouk performance teams and placed in several competitions both strictly and Jack and Jill’s.

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FAQs:

Beginners: We don't have a separate beginner track at this event - if you are interested in joining but haven't been to at least a couple of Zouk classes, please contact us beforehand and we can see if we can arrange a brush-up class before the event, or some additional support at the event. Otherwise it won't be the best experience for you!

Parking: there is a small amount of on-site parking and some roadside parking in the residential streets nearby.

Accommodation: Premier Inn Cambridge North (Girton) is 20mins easy walk away and very budget-friendly. A couple minutes further, but suuuper nice Aparthotel is the Turing Locke hotel at Eddington. Both have great parking.

Saturday activities: If we have a number of travelling Zoukers around on Saturady, we'd be keen to hang out then too - drop us a message to let us know if you're planning to be around!

Tea, coffee and refreshments will be available at breaktimes for a small contribution

Nearby food options: There's a small Coop a short distance away where you can buy food. Otherwise, you may want to order takeaway or bring packed food, there are not many restaurants nearby (one pub a 20min walk away).

Come and join this exciting dive into Brazilian Zouk - a latin partner dance now sweeping the world with its infectious rhythms and fun movements!

No partner (or dance experience) required.
Bring your two left feet and gain some confidence on the dancefloor - and maybe even a little wiggle in your hips...

Details:
- Sunday 25th June
- 2-5pm workshop, 5-6pm practice
- Cambridge Dance Studios, Histon Rd
- Studio 4
(Opposite Aldi, upstairs from the Coffee Tree)

FAQs:
-Free parking in car park round the back
-You really don't need a partner, we all dance with everyone!

Don't be shy - we love to meet new people and make new friends! And maybe after all this hard work we will go to the pub for a drink
Get your ticket today before they book up - and never look back...

Details:

Sunday 25th June, 2pm

at Cambridge Dance Studios, Histon Rd (Opposite Aldi, upstairs from the Coffee Tree)

Schedule:

2pm ZOUK FIT by Elli Hullis:

- a session designed to support your dancing goals, as well as your general fitness! Elli will take you through drills and exercises which will strengthen and condition your body for dancing… as well as letting you feel the burn if you do them to the max (Warning - you may want to bring an extra tshirt)

3pm Dancing With Beginners workshop by Elli and Dee:

- do you ever feel like it’s more difficult to dance with beginners? Do you wish your moves would work better / you’d understand what they’re trying to lead? Come along and hear some words of wisdom passed along by our team which they heard from Gui Prada (widely renowned “favourite dancer” of the masses )

Followed by social until 6pm! (And then possibly a drink at the pub down the road)

FAQs:

Free parking in car park round the back

This class is suitable for you if: you have completed the Beginners course or bootcamp, and/or are comfortable dancing the basics of Brazilian Zouk

🤩✨🎈⭐ TRY BRAZILIAN ZOUK TODAY ⭐🎈✨🤩

Today can be the day you try out the beautiful partner dance Brazilian Zouk!

• Have you done a beginner course or some classes in the past, but feel super rusty?

• Have you never tried Zouk and want to learn the basic steps?

• Or even… have you never danced in your life (and want to know what all the fuss is about?!)

This Sunday we will hold a small and cosy Introduction to Brazilian Zouk class!

Here we will briefly cover the key points which are usually part of our Total Beginners course - so that if you want, afterwards you can continue onto the 6-week progressive course Beginner II (which starts next Wednesday, 1st Feb!)

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Venue: Polonia Club

This central venue is lovely and spacious with a nice floor, and even has a bar/restaurant attached in case we want to get lunch/drinks beforehand (we will be in the Side Room)

Time: 5-7pm (and we can finish later, if we have more people)

Tickets £15

No partner or prior experience required

Children welcome in the space (under parental responsibility, unfortunately they can’t join the class)

We can’t wait to welcome you to our warm and merry, jolly and cosy, extra-special Christmas Party!

Date: Sunday 4th Dec
Time: 5-8pm
Venue: Polonia Club
Ticket: £8

There will be Christmas treats galore! Feel free to come dressed up (or not), and to bring something to share if you’d like!

We have so much to celebrate from 2022, and we would love to see out the year with a bang together with all of you. You have been so wonderful and supportive, and allowed us to hold the kind of Zouk events we only barely dreamed about a few years ago… and together we’ve put Zouk in Cambridge on the European map

We have lots of extremely exciting plans for 2023, and look forward to sharing these with you soon. (Maybe at the party after a bit too much mulled wine )

This will be the final Zouk Cambridge event of the year - we know it gets super busy in the run up to Christmas and we want to give everybody lots of time for all those Christmas parties, haha

Look forward to celebrating with you in style on this rather special party day! xx

*****RESCHEDULING: Due to a venue double-booking, we are rescheduling this event (probably to January). Get in touch if you'd like to request a date *****

This 1-day bootcamp will leave you confidently dancing your first steps in Brazilian Zouk!

The event will run on Sunday 4th December, 1-5pm.

The venue is Polonia Club, 231 Chesterton Rd, CB4 1AS

Early bird ticket: only £22
(Also includes Christmas party afterwards!)

We will go through:

- A brief history/context of the dance

- The music and rhythms of Brazilian Zouk

- The basic step

- Five of the most common movements/patterns that you’ll encounter on the dancefloor

The bootcamp will include instruction time, plus some practice time, so you can give it all a go with the new friends you’ll meet at the class!

Afterwards we will give you a video recap so you can practice at home, and invite you to join us at our upcoming events - so you can try out your new moves at a party, or continue learning with local or guest teachers…

Hope to see you soon. Don’t be shy - we are glad to welcome everyone, EVEN/ESPECIALLY if you think you can’t dance!

P.S. You are welcome to stay for our Christmas Party afterwards, at the same venue - It will go till 8pm https://fb.me/e/2r9K5xH7L See less

See Bootcamp event on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/318SFn0cL

All-level workshop at 5pm, followed by social until 7pm

(If you have never done Zouk before, contact us to find time to run over the basic steps beforehand, so you can follow the workshop)

This central venue is lovely and spacious with a nice floor, and even has a bar/restaurant attached in case we want to get lunch/drinks beforehand.

Entry: £7
No partner required
Babies/children welcome in the space (under parental responsibility)

P.S... Let Jenny know if you're planning to get a coffee at Polonia Club beforehand, she's usually happy to join!

If you did the last workshop, you'll love these new variations! If you have never done Zouk before, it's still suitable for you!

Do you dance other partner dance styles, but you’re curious about Brazilian Zouk?

We know that existing dancers pick new styles up quicker than total beginners, so here is a bootcamp designed for you to progress quickly and get a great idea how Brazilian Zouk differs to styles like Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba!

What is Brazilian Zouk?

Brazilian Zouk is a beautiful partner dance which evolved from a fusion of Lambada (the “forbidden dance”) with influences from other Brazilian traditional dances. It can be danced to a huge variety of music and different moods, which makes it a very versatile and interesting dance!
Although Brazilian Zouk danced at an advanced level can include physically challenging movements, an emphasis on core technique and responsive leading and following means that we can enjoy this dance to whatever level we are ready for, with comfort and confidence.

Who is teaching this workshop?

Jenny Cousins is a very experienced Brazilian Zouk teacher, originally from Sheffield, who now lives nearby in Cambridge. She is passionate about sharing her love for the dance with anyone who will listen! As well as teaching classes, she organises regular Zouk events with guest teachers in Cambridge for the growing Zouk community there.

Tickets:
Early Bird - £20
On the Door - £30

We expect the tickets to sell out for this event as capacity is limited, so don’t delay if you want to attend! zoukcambridge.co.uk/buy-tickets/5w5bj8mgp77io2ls5a1f5ubmj0r4oe

We are at Polonia Club every Sunday (except July) with a workshop and social!

£7 entry, pay on the door

5-7pm

Come and join us for this all-day Zoukstravaganza featuring:

• workshops by Oeslle

• workshops by local teachers

• daytime social

• evening party (followed by an afterparty in a to-be-confirmed location?)

Tickets will be on sale soon, contact Jenny for more details!

Our regular Wednesday night event, featuring 2 hours of Zouk teaching and then a social with the local community. All welcome!

8pm First class (more beginner-friendly)

9pm Second class (builds on the first, recommend you come to both)

10-11pm mixed social upstairs with DJ Vish, playing music suitable for Zouk and for Kizomba

Prices:

£8 2 lessons + social
£6 1 lesson + social
£3 social only