🌞 Summer Zouk Intensive with Leandro & Nayara 🌞
Grounding, Musicality & More!
August 29th - 31st, 2025
We are thrilled to welcome the return of Leandro & Nayara to Portland! These two incredible artists of Brazilian Zouk specialize in radically transforming your dance with details on grounding, hearing the follows voice, self expression, musicality and body movement. The goal is to deep dive on these expressions and immediately put them into your dance!
🌻 FRIDAY - August 29th 🌻
○ 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday Night Social!
Friday Night Social Pass: $15
Friday Night Ticket Available at the Door: $15 Cash, $18 Venmo.
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🌻 SATURDAY - August 30th 🌻
○ 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Grounding & Torsion
What does grounding mean - how does it impact our dance? Where do we add torsion and why? What impact does this play in the partnership? What IS the circle of happiness?
○ 3:00pm - 4:30pm
The Followers Voice
How / When / Where does a follower express themselves in the dance? How does a leader hear this invitation and respond? Where do we open up space for the follower to have an opportunity to say something? How does this influence the dance?
🏝️ Challenge Workshop Part 1
○ 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Head Motion Flow
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Saturday Night Social!
9:00pm - 1:00am
Saturday Night Ticket Available at the Door: $15 Cash, $18 Venmo
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🌡️SUNDAY - August 31st 🌡️
○ 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Body Movement & Playfulness
What movements make sense to add an extra flair to your dancing? How can we compound this with in our partnership to create a diverse dance?
○ 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Musicality
Leandro & Nayaras take on musicality - how does the music influence our decisions? What can we do with this information?
🏝️Challenge Workshop
○ 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Head Motion Flow Part 2
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🎟️🎟️ TICKETS PRICES: 🎟️🎟️
🌊🌊 Intermediate Pass [6 Hours + 2 Socials]
$165 Early Bird
$185 Tier 1
$195 Tier 2
$215 Tier 3
Includes Friday Night Social
Includes Classes on Saturday (except Challenge), Saturday Night Social
Includes Sunday Classes (except Challenge)
🎟️ CHALLENGE PASS: 🎟️
2 Additional Hours of Training. MUST be approved prior to purchase
** if you have been approved for previous Portland Zouk challenge passes you do not require pre-approval**
$50 - Requires 6 couples minimum
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LOCATION:
** Location subject to change at any time. No refunds or returns will be given to any participant for any reason due to a location change. Please check back to event for location updates.
📍 Vitalidad Movement Arts Center
2648 E Burnside St
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TICKETS TERMS:- NON REFUNDABLE
- Tickets DO NOT transfer to future events
- Workshop and schedule are subject to change
- If you purchase a ticket outside of your skill level, you will be refunded the difference in pass price.
- You may sell your pass to another student: please email
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