Marcelo Estilo, creator of LatinZouk, has been a Brazilian dance performer and instructor for most of his life. He has been part of the development of Lambada / Zouk in Brazil since the 90s. In Brazil he has performed and taught Lambada Zouk in many of Brazil’s most renowned and well established dance places and on request of many dance schools has toured Brazil teaching and performing Zouk Lambada, Axe, Samba, Forro,… Due to his passion for dance and to promote Zouk / Lambada and other Brazilian dances, he has travelled to many countries, starting with Argentina in the 90s, where he performed in well known places such as Maluco Beleza or Mais Um and since then many more places across the globe. He is also regarded as one of the world’s top Axe dancers and choreographer who due to his talent and skills has performed on stage with some of Brazil’s most famous and internationally known singers such as Ivete Sangalo, Harmonia do Samba, E o Tschan, Olodum and Araketu in addition to numerous TV appearances. Whatever kind of dance, Estilo always brings to the dance floor amazing energy, style and a hip swing to look out for! Together with his dance partner Tania Onca he promotes Brazilian dances worldwide, performing and giving workshops and in some places together they are even responsible for establishing or re-introducing the Zouk scene there. Driven by Tania’s background with Latin Dances, over the past years Tania & Marcelo have developed a new style of Brazilian Zouk/Lambada which they perform and teach and which they call ‘LATIN ZOUK’ due to the influence and inclusion of elements from other Latin dances such as Argentine Tango, and others.
