You're invited to a comprehensive learning experience.
- Brazilian Zouk dance and music history, and the influence of different key people to the dance and community
- Curriculum development and how to tailor it to specific circumstances
- Basic syllabi and teaching content progression
- How and when to use certain teaching styles and methodologies
- Developing and conducting efficient warm-ups that contribute to the progression of the class
- Tailoring dance demos to every occasion
- And more!
Check out our schedule for the week of training
We designed this course to be divided into groups of knowledge including theory, dance, and teaching tools.
Our morning lectures
We'll start every day with a theory class about aspects we find vital to be known by a Brazilian Zouk dance instructor.
Now to the dance content!
This will be most of our content and will provide a great amount of knowledge and support to your teaching.
The classes happening from 12:00 to 1:30 pm and from 3:30 to 5:00 pm are focused on explaining the dance content.
Our Basics classes will present the fundamental patterns that we consider most important to be presented to students. We'll cover ways you can teach them, the main points to focus on, the different approaches taken by different instructors around the world, and the way we teach them at District Zouk.
Take a look at what each Basics classes will cover:
We'll progress from learning the fundamental movements and mechanics of Brazilian Zouk to talking about putting together a class, thinking about how to present the content with exercises for your students.
In a nutshell, with:
- our Dance Mechanics, Body Movements Foundations, and Basics classes you'll learn WHAT and suggestions on HOW TO TEACH;
- our Curriculum classes you'll study IN WHAT ORDER TO TEACH these fundamentals, taking into consideration different scenarios;
- our Class Planning and Teaching Methods you'll learn HOW TO PLAN AND STRUCTURE a class; and
- our Class Exercises and Feedback you'll about exercises and suggestions on how to conduct a class.
After lunch we'll get to learn and exercise some valuable teaching tools.
When structuring and conducting a class, we consider the elements below to be important tools to improve students experience and maximize their learning.
Evening Activities
In the evenings you have the option to participate in District Zouk classes, practicas and socials.
On the weekend we'll have a District Zouk social to kick off the start of the week.
Monday-Wednesday we have our District Zouk classes and teams. Professional Development Week participants can join or observe some of the classes to see how our programs work.
Who can participate?
This course is aimed at experienced dancers that already run and/or teach at local Brazilian Zouk scenes or intend to start teaching classes.
Our goal is to provide these community leaders or soon-to-be community leaders with the tools we found important to thrive.
This event is not intended to those who wish to learn more advanced combinations and patterns. It's a true event about teaching for those who want to teach and already have experience with Brazilian Zouk.
20 spots only.
Our maximum capacity for the first edition of the District Zouk Professional Development week.
Interested in participating?
Fill out the form to let us know a little bit more about you and your experience.
Prices
We have different price points that will vary depending on how immersive you want your experience to be.
Full Package (50 hours)
Includes:
- Dedicated Training in the morning and afternoon as per the schedule above;
- Opportunity to participate in District Zouk classes either as a student or as an observer and get the chance to see how we conduct our classes;
- Participate in our team lab; and
- District Zouk Social on August 18th.
Early bird 1 - USD 1,080.00
Early bird 2 - USD 1,140.00
Full price - USD 1,200.00
Dedicated Training Only (30 hours)
Early bird 1 - USD 900.00
Early bird 2 - USD 950.00
Full price - USD 1,000.00
If you sign up with a partner you both can pay a discounted price, as below:
Full package: USD 2,160.00
Dedicated Training Only: USD 1,800.
Meet your instructors
This is the team that will be conducting the training.

Senior Instructor Alisson Sandi

Senior Instructor Gui Prada
