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oleh Alisson Sandi
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Don’t Split Your Brazilian Zouk Community
Don’t Split Your Brazilian Zouk Community
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The Brazilian Zouk podcast for dancers who overthink the dance. We overthink it with you.
I'm Alisson Sandi — 3x Pro World Champion, Head Judge for the Brazilian Zouk Dance Council (BZDC), and Resident Lecturer for the MAC Project. I'll be honest: I was never a natural. I had to fight for every piece of this dance, and that fight is the reason I can explain it.
Every week, Gui Prada and I — plus the occasional guest — talk about what classes don't cover: stalled progress, disappearing leaders, what connection really feels like.
New episodes weekly, in audio and video.
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- Don’t Split Your Brazilian Zouk Community · 50 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 27"Those are my students." Something I absolutely don't like is when people in a Brazilian Zouk community say that, and not like "Oh, these are my students, please meet them." I…
- Starting a Brazilian Zouk Scene From Scratch · 47 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 26Community leaders tell Gui and me they can't grow their Brazilian Zouk scene because they're busy pleasing the people with power, some bosses, some mafia people. I don't think…
- What Is Frame in Brazilian Zouk, Really? · 51 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 25I apologised at the top of this one, because I know what the word does to people. "Fix your frame, your frame doesn't work, your frame is this, your frame is that." Nobody tells…
- How to Build a Dancer From the Floor Up · 51 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 24We put two people on the floor at a Brazilian Zouk teacher training and asked the room one question. These two are complete beginners, what do you fix first? Somebody said the…
- Great Technique Won't Get You More Dances · 47 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 23I danced with someone I'd followed online for years, walked off the floor, and went to a dark corner to question every decision I'd ever made in my life. They're one of the best…
- Stop Blaming Your Dance Students! · 54 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 22"I don't know what to do. My students don't wanna learn the foundations. Please help me." An organizer said that to me years ago, and it is the most common thing I hear in…
- Lambada vs Brazilian Zouk: Is It One Dance? · 1 jam 10 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 21Lambada is like the sun, you know? It spreads the brightness and the energy to everyone around. And I'm sorry to say this, but sometimes, in some places, Brazilian Zouk can be…
- From Ballet and Math Class to Lambada Masters with Iago & Vanessa · 45 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 20"I don't believe this person, they can really follow what this guy wants. I think they are guessing." That's Vanessa on why she started Brazilian Zouk, after fifteen years of…
- Yes, Dance Teachers Plateau Too! · 49 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 19"Hell yes, hell yes." That's my answer every time someone in the group asks whether teachers hit plateaus too, and I teach Brazilian Zouk for a living. Ours just hides better. I…
- The Pickiness Curve Every Dancer Climbs · 51 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 18For years the DJ would put on traditional old school Brazilian Zouk and I'd walk off the floor. "Ah, I don't like that type of music, I'm gonna take a break." That was a lie. I…
- Are You Wasting Your Private Dance Lessons? · 53 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 17"I know, I've done this already." Every Brazilian Zouk teacher hears that in privates, and I ask the same thing back. "Okay, you've done it. But do you know it?" "Oh no, yeah…
- Why Do You Dance Like You're Competing? (S06 Ep16) · 46 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 16Why do you dance like you're competing? Because Brazilian Zouk is one dance living as five: the social dance, the performance, the competition, the after-class demo, and the…
- Most Dance Teachers Are on Autopilot (S06 Ep15) · 43 mnt · Musim 5 Episode 15Why did you leave that amazing Brazilian Zouk class confused? Because the teacher was serving three meals at once. Every dance class teaches one of three things: mechanics…
- How Dance Becomes Your Safe Space (S06 Ep14) · 37 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 14How does a dance school become your safe space? Before Brazilian Zouk, before teaching, Gui Prada and I were two shy kids who found one safe room. In this ZoukNerds episode, we…
- Zouk Retreat vs Festival: Two Opposite Worlds (S06 Ep13) · 40 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 13What's the difference between a Brazilian Zouk retreat and a Zouk festival? In this ZoukNerds episode, Gui Prada and I go down memory lane to the events that marked us, and they…
- Is Brazilian Zouk a Spiritual Dance? (S06 Ep12) · 36 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 12Is Brazilian Zouk a spiritual dance? Do you have to be spiritual to dance it? In this ZoukNerds episode, Gui Prada and I take the "too hippie" stereotype apart. The complaint…
- The Fear Behind Every Brazilian Zouk Festival (S06 Ep11) · 41 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 11Why is the festival you bought never the event you get? Because most Brazilian Zouk festivals are designed from the fear of not being able to pay for them. Gui Prada and I open…
- Is Brazilian Zouk an Addiction? (S06 Ep10) · 33 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 10Is Brazilian Zouk an addiction? I think for a lot of us it is — and I say that as someone it nearly broke. In this ZoukNerds episode my co-host Gui Prada and I talk about the…
- Brazilian Zouk Musicality: Beyond the Beat (S06 Ep09) · 38 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 9I'll put my hands up here. A lot of the time, dancing Brazilian Zouk, I'm just listening to the tum, ta, chick and going for it. "Oh, good BPM, I can dance to this." That's…
- Where Are the Brazilians in Brazilian Zouk? (S06 Ep08) · 38 mnt · Musim 6 Episode 8Where are the Brazilians in Brazilian Zouk? Gui Prada went looking in Sydney and found them at the Forró social, not at our Zouk Social. Gui was three weeks in Sydney, dancing…
