Tania Onca, creator of LatinZouk, has been teaching and performing LatinZouk and other Latin Dances for many years. Having studied music and being trained in various dances (including ballroom) from early age on, Tania is not only renowned for her dance technique, but also for her musical interpretation and creativity with dance and music. Her dance style is passionate and expressive while at the same time elegant and graceful, which has also earned her the nickname ‘Onça’ (Jaguar). People always say they love watching her dance ‘to’ the music and enjoy her creativity as a dancer and a highly innovative and well regarded choreographer. Tania’s dancing and teaching skills have been very influential in many places, like in the UK where some of her students are nowadays teaching Zouk/ Lambada.
Driven by Tania’s background with Latin Dances, over the past years Tania and her dance partner 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.
Tania has been invited to perform and teach Latin Zouk and other Latin Dances at numerous events all over the world (Europe, South America, Africa, Asia) including many dance congresses. Together with her dance partner Marcelo she is even responsible for establishing or re-introducing the Zouk scene in some countries. Tania’s students always praise her impressive knowledge of both, dance and music as well as her dedication and ability to explain the details and convey her knowledge when teaching, thereby making her a very highly rated instructor, wherever she teaches.
TaniaOnca together with her dance partner MarceloEstilo are responsible for having introduced Zouk in Austria! They have been building up the zouk scene there by teaching regular workshops/classes and organising zouk parties. For more information on course and party dates please send an email to latindancepassion@ymail.com.
