Zouk Nation is proud to present a special Dance Parade Weekend Zouk Lambada Workshop with guest instructor Mari Hodges. This very special workshop is scheduled to take place on Sunday May 22nd at Pearl Studios in New York City. See details below.
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Dance Parade Weekend Schedule
May 17th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
The following is a complete list of activities that will take place in New York City during the Dance Parade Weekend, from Friday, May 21st – Sunday, May 22nd. Hope to see you at some, if not all, of these events.
Friday
10:30 pm- 2:30 am: Meet and Greet Party at the Bubble Lounge, New York’s premiere champagne bar. The party will be downstairs in the Krug Room. We will also be celebrating Makihala Casseus’ birthday, so don’t forget to wish the birthday girl a happy birthday.
Location: 228 West Broadway, #1, New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 431-3433
Website: bubblelounge.com
Directions: Take the 1 or the 2 train to the Franklin Street Station
Dance Quote of the Month
April 26th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
“On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined.”
– Lord Byron
Zouk Video Contest!
April 13th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
Have you ever dreamed of dancing in a music video? Well, now’s your chance. Street Smart Entertainment and Zouk Nation present the “Don’t Keep Me Waitin’” video contest!
Popular Zouk/Hip-Hop artist D. Lopes created the song, “Don’t Keep Me Waitin’”, which has since gone on to become a popular hit in the Brazilian Zouk dance community.
In honor of the song’s eighth anniversary, D. Lopes has gone and remixed the song and is currently planning to create a new music video. This will be the official video for the song which will be submitted to MTV and other music channels.
Dance Parade, Saturday, May 21st, 2011
April 5th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
On Saturday, May 21st, Zouk Nation will be participating for the third straight year in Dance Parade in New York City. This year’s event will attract an estimated 10,000 dancers, 118 groups representing more than 75 different styles of dance.
The parade route will begin on 21st Street and proceed down Broadway to the East Village where it finally ends up in Thompkins Square Park, where for the rest of the afternoon groups perform and offer free dance classes. Later in the evening the festivities will continue with dance parties at various venues around town.
Dance Quote of the Month
March 29th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
“Dance can give the inarticulate a voice.”
– Pamela Brown
Kadu Pires & Larissa Thayane Are Coming to Toronto!
March 28th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
Brazilian Dance World is proud to present the first annual “Brazilian Beat: Canada Dance Congress,” April 29th, 30th & May 1st
Featuring Kadu Pires & Larissa Thayanne (Brisbane, Australia), Forro Cabrueira (Bahia,Brazil), Bamberg Dance Company (Salvador, Brazil) and Samba Quebec (Quebec City,QC).
Breathtaking performances, 13 hours of workshops (Zouk, Samba de Gafieira, Forro and Samba no Pe), two dance parties and a Samba Solo (Samba no Pe) competition! Three days of event that you will never forget! Space is limited. For more information go to www.brazilianbeatcongress.com
When you purchase your ticket, let them know you read about it on the Zouk Nation website.
Social Media Week Conference Videos Now Online
March 28th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
On Tuesday, February 8th at Drom in the East Village, Zouk Nation hosted a special dance panel for the annual Social Media Week Conference in New York City. The panel focused on the ways the world of dance has been been impacted by changea in technology and how different dance groups are using social media to help market and promote dance.
The panelists for this event included some of the best minds in the New York dance scene including Greg Miller, founder and director of Dance Parade, Dawn Paap, founder and director of Video Dance TV, Richard Knipel, President of Wikimedia Foundation New York City,and Amber Henrie, public relations strategist.
Dance Quote of the Month
February 22nd, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.”
– Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alen MacWeeney Photography on Facebook
February 15th, 2011 by Nicholas Bambo
Alen MacWeeney is a world renown photographer who’s photos hang in the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the George Eastman House, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
Since the summer of 2009, Alen has been photographing Zouk dancers and instructors in the U.S. In the winter of 2010 a selection of his photos were shown at the Brazilian Zouk Photo Exhibition held at the Lava Gina World Music Lounge in the East Village. The exhibition was such a success that he and I have talked about creating a much larger version of the exhibition and the possibility of sending it on a world tour.