Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, Zouk Technique

---SBKZ Technique---

Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, and Zouk share a common DNA as social partner dances, many of the techniques and concepts from one also apply to the others; by looking at one we can greatly improve in the other.

Partner Dancing is the language of touch, everything is communicated and improvised in the moment between partners without a word as the music plays. These weekly lessons are designed to be a crash course into partner dancing, introducing you to concepts and exercises that will drastically improve your partner dancing and to continue to work on after the lesson for mastery.

-OUTCOMES-

You will improve your dancing ability, especially in Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, and/or Zouk and specifically in the areas of improvisation, connection, communication(Lead & Follow), and creative expression.

Improvisation - Let your creativity out by learning how to generate in the moment rather than being stuck in a sequence

Connection - Be present with the person you are dancing with, creating a moment to remember

Communication (Lead & Follow) - Make your dance a dialogue between two people

Creative Expression - Express yourself with someone else, creating a truly unique and wonderful experience together

-SCHEDULE-

Introduction (~10 min)

Warm Up & Skill Evaluation (~5 minutes)

Theory (~20 minutes)

Exercises (~20 minutes)

Recap (~10 minutes)

Guided Practice (~20 minutes)

Closing (~5 minutes)

Total time is 1.5 hours.

-PRICE-

€20

If you feel your dancing did not improve from the class then it is on us.

-INSTRUCTOR-

The instructors for this Dance Theory workshop is Christopher Hauff.

Chris focuses on connection and play in dance, creating magical dances that are not bound by "rules" of a style and as an instructor he causes his students to be able to do the same. Chris originally started teaching dance in the USA and founded a dance school in Philadelphia before moving to Vienna where he then founded Dance Theory and started teaching internationally. He has taught in Poland, Mexico, France, Germany, and more in events of zouk, fusion, bachata, contact improv, and more.

-POTENTIAL TOPICS-

Styling

Footwork

Associations

Overlay Points

Momentum

Head Movement

Turns & Spins

Waves/Body Rolls

The Dance Line

Body Isolations

Musicality

Breathing

Grove

Activation

Alignment & Positioning

Sits, Dips, & Leans

-IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFO-

Shoes are not allowed in the dance studio, please bring socks to dance in.

You do not need a partner to join and it is awesome if you bring one.

These lessons are appropriate for dancers of all levels.