1. Click, Scan, or Text "#KizombaHoustonClass" and Name and Email to 832-413-2623.
Date / Time:
Wednesdays at 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Emerald Bay Club House in Shadow Creek Ranch:
111814 N. Clear Lake Loop
Pearland, TX 77584
Pricing:
$15.00 per person
Free music!
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Class Description:
Learn to connect with your partner and feel the music run through your body. Once you experience Kizomba, you will never want to let it go! Some of the Kizomba Dance Moves that you will learn through this course include: Body posture, connection, and motion, leading and following theory, timing, music recognition, music interpreation, dancing etiquette, 5 basic steps, and their respective variations, saidas, disassociation, passadas, and more. The dance is simple, but technical, and it is a lot of fun!
No partner is required. Attire is casual to dressy.
Men shoes: Dress shoes recommended. Tennis shoes are okay. Socks are even better.
Ladies shoes: Lower heel recommended. No sandals please. Socks are even better.
Anyone willing to learn this beautiful dance is invited. We will break down the steps in a way that is simple, fun, and effective. Discover how to dance with confidence and style in a welcoming and social atmosphere. We are proud to be the only instructors in Houston with 2 Teacher Trainings of intense concepts and motions as well as having several hours of one on one instruction by Ivan and Isa, Master Petchu, and David Campos, and Guida Rei. We have also learned from Ivo Viera, Oscar B.A., Eddy Vents, Kwenda Lima, Pablo Vilches - all international Masters of the dance. Furthermore, we have 5 years of complete dance teaching experience! We just came back from a trip to Europe in December/January to learn from even more Masters. You can learn all about it at our page: Kizomba Houston
Kizomba is not just a dance and music, it is also a way of life. The term derives from "Kimbundo," a language of Angola, which means "Party". The music is the result of fusion between Semba music and Zouk-Love music (1980's). The dance steps come from Semba with a new twist to fit the interpretation of the Kizomba music. Songs are sung generally in Portuguese, although with its popularity in Europe, more songs are being interpreted in English and even Spanish. The Kizomba dancing is known for having a slow, insistent, somewhat harsh, yet sensuous rhythm; the result of electronic percussion combined with African rhythms.
The sensuality of dance and music of Kizomba is very strongly making its entrance into the US. Join this new dance style and be part of a movement that is turning heads and winning hearts among couple in different dance venues! The dance is elegant, sophisticated, and simply looks hot!
Class will be taught by Christian Franco Gutierrez - instructor with 3 Kizomba training and formation courses from KizombaFeeling.com (levels 1 and 2; 6 hrs) and Kizomba Kingdom (levels 1, 2, 3, & 4; 9 hrs), and Meste Petchu Kizomba Formation Course (30 hrs).
Christian has gained cumulative kizomba knowledge by attending Pablo Vilches (Spain), Ivan Ayuste (Spain), and Ricardo and Paula (Afro Latin Connection, Portugal) when they visited Dallas, Houston, and Austin promoting the Kizomba dance at the Dallas Bachata Festival 2011; Kizomba and Bachata Summer Festival in Houston (2012); Houston / Pearland Kizomba Bootcamps (2012); and the Austin Inspired Movement Intermediate Kizomba Bootcamp (2012).
Christian has further gained more knowledge in Kizomba with Kwenda Lima, Eddy Vents, Ivo Viera, and Oscar BA when he visited the 1st San Francisco Kizomba and Zouk Dance Festival 2012. At the Dallas Bachata and Kizomba Festival 2012 workshops and Houston bootcamps, master classes he has learned from David Campos and Guira Rei (New York) and Fred Maestro (Paris). Most recently Christian attended both the Sensual Dance Madrid Kizomba Congress and Milan Kizomba Festival in December 2012 where he attended workshops by Afro Latin Connection, Mestre Petchu, Ivan and Eva, Ruddy and Vie, Tamas and Veronika, Fernando, and Michaela, Joao and Mafalda, Victor and Coralie. World-known instructors in the art of Kizomba. Between January 7th to Jan 14th 2013, Christian traveled to Lisbon, Portugal to spend 1 week training with Mestre Petchu Kizomba and Semba Formation Course.
