The have taught and performed at many international congresses and workshops
and have won several festivals in Rio de Janeiro.

Today, they have their own school in Moscow-Russia, where they teach Brazilian Zouk and Samba de Gafieira.

Since 1998 he has been studying dance professionally and has managed to add the following dances to his resumé: Jazz, African(Afro),Contemporary, Hip Hop, Samba de Gafieira, Bolero, Zouk, Salsa, Bachata, Frevo, Maculêlê, Argentine Tango, Forró.

Wakko began his professional career as a dancer in 1999, when he was only 17 years old and had to perform in front of the  Carnaval Parade Commission. He has since gone on to perform with such Brazilian stars as Kelly Key, Latino, SNZ, Elza Soares, Xuxa, to name a few.

He started working as a choreographer in 2000, when he started the dance company, “Conexão Arte Urbana” with his partners Gui Almeida and Eddy Viera. Over the years, the company has been very successful and has managed to win a lot of Awards in dances festivals from all over the Brazil.

In 2002 Wakko began to travel abroad as a professional dancer for Cruise companies, and began performing in casinos and clubs.

Since then he has been concentrating most of his energy on introducing Zouk to the rest of the world by offering classes in both the Neo Zouk style and Zouk Flow. When Wakko is not busy teaching, he spends the majority of his time choreographing, producing and performing in his own Brazilian dance shows. He currently works as an instructor in Moscow, Russia.

His world was changed in 2008 when he was introduced to zouk lambada. With continuous one-on-one training by Larissa Thayane herself, Johan has come to understand the sensuality and serenity that can only be achieved by dancing zouk. Now he intends to spread the word of zouk by teaching it and performing it with Latin Dance Nation. With over 5 years of teaching experience, Johan has a light-hearted yet very technical style of teaching that has gained him a national reputation for producing some of the finest dance technicians in the state.

Since returning to Adelaide at the end of 2008, Kari began free-lance teaching at several dance studios as well as having private students. She further developed her love of dance by going on to complete internal training to become an instructor with Latin Dance Nation in 2008/9.

She continued to pursue her interest in latin dance, and was the South Australian overall salsa champion (as an amateur dancer) in the ASC (S.A.) 2008 and became South Australian Bachata Champion with her partner Johan Haris in 2009.

Since being exposed to zouk in 2008, Kari was lucky enough to learn from a number of incredible zouk dancers and instructors, including Kadu Pires, Gaspar Ribeiro, Larissa Thayane and Edelmar Pieternelle.  She now teaches zouk for Latin Dance Nation, and continues to study the dance closely through private classes, inspired by the opportunity to incorporate a contemporary flavour into her latin dancing.

Sam’s dedication to providing Adelaide with the best possible zouk experience has her travelling the world to learn the latest dance technique from world renowned instructors and dancers. Driven by her vast background in dance styles her passion for zouk is forever solidified by working closely with artists such as Kadu Pires and Larissa Thayane from Rio Rhythmics dancing academy in Brisbane Australia. She has also been instrumental in bringing many of these instructors and dancers to Adelaide.

She reflects her passion for zouk in her positive and encouraging classes where she emphasizes connecting harmoniously with one’s partner in graceful, clean steps while also dancing with the music. Her energy, sensuality and innovative form characterize her dance style, and she is able to capture an array of emotions through movement. Her students appreciate her clear explanations of technique that help them improve their movement and enjoy the spirit of the dance.

Learning the fundamentals of Brazilian Zouk from some of its pioneers he continues to study Zouk closely with artists such as Kadu Pires and Larissa Thayane from Rio Rhythmics dancing academy in Brisbane Australia – two of the most renowned Zouk dancers in the world, as well as Gaspar Ribeiro and Edelemar Pieternelle.

Working with highly respected zouk artists Sarantos and the team at Latin Dance Nation have developed a very unique dancing and teaching style. His particular style of teaching is based on the learning emphasizes on the fluidity of the dance. Not being limited only by the beat, his style emphasizes the song’s melody, that way it can be danced with zouk or with a variety of music genres. He also bases his learning theory on developing great movement improvement, like torsion steps and cambrets, also allowing for the men to learn how to lead with not only their hands and arms, but also with their legs, shoulders and head – involving the whole body while dancing.

Amongst the pioneers of zouk in South Australia Sarantos Zaloumis continues to make this beautiful dance more prominent.

Glenio now resides in Boston, where for the last 6 years he has been taught at a number of different studios including the Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, MAPS (Massachusetts Association of Portuguese Speakers), MIT University, and Brookline Community Adult Education Center. He specializes mainly in the Brazilian ballroom dancing such as samba de gafieira, forro, but he also been teaching samba no pe (carnival samba), bolero, salsa, zouk, merengue, bachata, cha-cha, swing, and even tango.

Inna is originally from Moscow, Russia. Dance has always been her passion. Inna started with Ballet lessons and ballroom dance classes as a child in Russia and has been taking lain dance instruction since then in salsa, merengue, bachata, cha cha, etc.

Inna and Glenio met at Tango Class at MIT University in 2005 and since then Inna got really interested in Brazilian dance and culture and started  taking classes with Glenio. Soon enough Inna and Glenio became dancing partners and began teaching  Samba No Pe, Samba de Gafieira and Forro classes. They have been performing together at many private and fundraising events in Boston, such as Mojitos Latin Club and Channel 9 Fernandito Show. They currently host many social dance parties for their students.

Nayan spent hours with another instructor Alisson Rodrigues Sandi who is based in Perth to shape up his Zouk.
He furthermore attended workshops by famous Zouk instructors in Europe such as Ailton Silva (Berlin) and Junior Carvalho (Hamburg) as well as with one of the masters who developed modern zouk lambada to what it is today: the great Brazilian instructor Adilio Porto (based in Amsterdam).

In Dubai Nayan has teamed up with Samantha, Pedro, Karen, Katharina and Aminu determined to make this beautiful dance more prominent. Nayan is one of the founders of Zouk Dubai.