May 11 2025
10:00 - 13:30
Quickstarter „Brazilian Zouk“ – 2025Repeating Event
Studio One Space
our passion for Zouk!
Why do we dance Zouk?
Zouk is the modern partner dance that combines expressive movements, a huge variety of grooves and a modern approach to partner work into a magical flow that allows for sensuality, funkiness, creativity, co-creation and simply lots of fun dancing to a broad range of modern music styles. You hear it in the radio? We’re probably dancing to it right now!
get your best from us!
5 benefits of dancing with us!
- Join an active, welcoming & inclusive dance community with values
- Find new ways to express yourself & feel your body head til toes
- Experience the joy of movement & explore genuine connection
- Relax your mind & care for your soul after a day of hard work
- Improve your health, coordination & fitness
Get started with Zouk!
Next WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
Choose your class below to try out without any commitment. No membership required.
May 2025
Beginner
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Build up Your Skills
WEEKLY CLASS EVENINGS
Embark on your Zouk journey in our weekly class evenings. Join at any time and even attend multiple classes a week.
PRICE & PAYMENT
FREE for active DanceZoukFamily Members
DROP-IN any week you like: CHF 65 (common folk, regular)
For people with low budget (church mouse) we are happy to offer reduced prices thanks to the support of our community.
Church Mouse Drop-In is CHF 45
TRIAL CLASS (first time only): CHF 20
April 2025
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April
Monday
Brazilian Zouk Classics „Weekly“- Mondays
Studio One Space | Studio One Space, Limmatquai 116, 8001 Zürich
19:00 - 21:00
24
April
Thursday
Zouk Hard Training „Weekly“- Thursdays
Studio One Space | Studio One Space, Limmatquai 116, 8001 Zürich
19:00 - 21:00
28
April
Monday
Brazilian Zouk Classics „Weekly“- Mondays
Studio One Space | Studio One Space, Limmatquai 116, 8001 Zürich
19:00 - 21:00
May 2025
01
May
Thursday
Zouk Hard Training „Weekly“- Thursdays
Studio One Space | Studio One Space, Limmatquai 116, 8001 Zürich
19:00 - 21:00
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practice your Zouk!
Practicas
Join us, socialize, practice and experience the magic of Zouk.
Apr 21 2025
Brazil Mix Practica every Monday
Studio One Space
21:00 - 22:00
Apr 24 2025
Zouk Practica every Thursday
Studio One Space
21:00 - 22:00
Apr 28 2025
Brazil Mix Practica every Monday
Studio One Space
21:00 - 22:00
May 01 2025
Zouk Practica every Thursday
Studio One Space
21:00 - 22:00
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our classes
CLASS LEVELS? -- NO!
We welcome all dancers. No matter if you are a beginner or very experienced, we will facilitate your individual growth. We believe that growth and learning is highly individual. Actually, our experience has shown that you learn fastest and most consistently, when you get to practice with a wide range of partners and when you can thereby focus on your own skills rather than your partners.
Therefore, we created a refined class setting that welcomes & integrates you smoothly into the group for the benefit of all, no matter if you have a lot, a little or zero experience in Partner Dancing, this course will open a NEW WORLD for you to explore.can
CLASS TYPES? -- YES!
CLASSIC FOUNDATION
We‘ll be introducing you to the typical elements of Brazilian Zouk, studying how to combine them in to a broad variety of the classical sequences and even showing you how you can create your very own combinations that fit your body & express your style.
ORGANIC FLOW & CO-CREATIVITY
Applying very helpful universal tools, techniques & concepts, we'll enable you to dance with confidence, lots of fun&joy with any partner(s) to any music you like.
HARD TRAINING
We‘ll be driving you through intense drills and smoothening your edges with demanding exercises requiring focus & precision until your muscles are sore and your head is spinning. Train like a professional, through repetition to mastery, that's the deal.
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Zouk in Zurich
Zouk came to Zurich around 2006, it has since steadily grown and become an integral part of the dancing community here. Currently there are 5 active dance schools teaching Zouk, and 1-2 dancing events every week!
The dance school DanceZouk.ch was founded by Eric Fehr in 2013. Some of the things that set DanceZouk apart are a teaching methodology focused on solid technique and a great location since 2018, 1 minute walk from Central station. Our students learn in small groups, providing a more individual learning experience.
So far Zouk hasn’t yet been discovered by the large masses and is growing mostly by word of mouth, almost entirely ignored by the media. This has created a rather unique scene that is warm and friendly, welcoming all newcomers. Many zoukers (zouk dancers) actively travel around the world to meet other dancers and to practise their skills!
Zouk's origins
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Brazilian Zouk is a partner dance originating from Brazil. Also known as Zouk-Lambada, the dance is a descendant of Lambada, the music & dance style that swept over the world like a storm in the late 1980’s. But the origins are even deeper in the past, in the dance Carimbò, which developed around the 15th century out of the mix of African, Portuguese and Native American cultures and dances.
Zouk offers a wide variety of music, full-body communication and movement, a space to express all your emotions without words.
Brazilian Zouk is characterized by the dancers’ undulating bodies and the girls’ flowing hair. Depending on the style of Brazilian Zouk, you can see a close connection embrace and long graceful steps, strong hip movements, body isolations and upper-body torsions, wild spins and whip-like head movements. While the dance is often called sensual, it is not sexual nor erotic. It is danced by people of all ages in night clubs, dance schools and events around the world!
Like many dance styles, Brazilian Zouk is ever evolving. There are a few different lines or styles of Brazilian Zouk, the main four derivations at the moment (April 2015) being ‘Lambazouk’, ‘Traditional Zouk’, ‘Neo Zouk’ and ‘Mzouk’.