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Hawaii 3.0 Island Zouk at Next Door The Zouk community makes the Paradise in Hawaii: hence the name of this blog series. My adventures in Hawaii were book-ended by fantastic social dances. My first day there ended with the unforgettable vibe at Next Door with Island Zouk, and I had a wonderful finale with the Honolulu Zouk peeps in my…
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Paradise in Hawaii – Honolulu Zouk
Honolulu Zouk Last week I posted about Island Zouk Lounge I attended on Thursday, so this week my post is about Honolulu Zouk, Hawaii’s other Zouk group! People living in Hawaii are lucky for a couple of reasons; they get to live in Hawaii. And they have two different but equally great options for learning and dancing Zouk. The Sunday…
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Paradise in Hawaii – Island Zouk
Island Zouk Today’s blog is a bit different to usual – I am writing from Lanikai beach, Hawaii!! It is about 31 degrees with a nice breeze carrying the Zouk beats to me from my laptop. Today I will tell you about Island Zouk; one of the dance groups here with a super awesome Zouk social on Thursday nights. Just…
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Learning 2 Learn: Quantity to quality & acceptance
In a recent blog of mine I explored the notion that we are all beginners; and that some were just more experienced than others. It follows that if we are all beginners, we are all still learning… but this isn’t necessarily something we all do very well. My concept of learning has changed over my two years of dancing Zouk.…
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Dancing: not about what you look like but how you feel.
Dancing is not about what you look like – it is about how you feel. When starting our dancing journey, many of us can over think it. Focused on how to learn new moves our attention is split and sometimes, we can even forget the joy of dancing. Knowing all of the moves is great, although does not necessarily mean…
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Next Stop: Zouk Station Getaway!!
Over the June long weekend, the Goulburn Railway Barracks hosted the inaugural Zouk Station Getaway. For those of you who don’t come from Down Under, Goulburn is a little country town almost half way between Sydney and Canberra – the perfect location to bring together dancers from both cities for a little dance retreat. The venue Mark McEwen, one of…
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We Are All Beginners – Some of us just started earlier than others
When it comes to dancing – when it comes to life – we are all beginners. Some of us just have more experience beginning than others. When you first start on your dance journey, in my case my Zouk journey, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the advanced dancers. What I didn’t expect was that after two years of…
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Here’s to Our Dancing Cohort – our stiletto slippers…
Your dancing cohort: the awesome people that help you learn to dance. Get to know the people you learn to dance with. Appreciate them. You have different backgrounds, different jobs and lives, but you will always have your dance roots in common. You might not know it yet, but in terms of the dance community, your dance cohort are your…
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You can dance. You just might not know it yet.
To dance, or not to dance? I mentioned in my latest post that despite only having my two-year Zouk-aversary I really only started dancing when I experienced the power of connection. I started when I found myself dancing while at the Prague Zouk Congress. But the events that led to me walking into a dance studio in the first place…
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The Prague Zouk Congress: Where I found myself dancing
In my first blog post I explained what was in the name ‘Heels-Travel-Zouk’ and how I found myself dancing overseas and then found myself online with ‘How I Got Here‘. But that is only part of the story – the externals. The actual catalyst for me entering the blog-o-sphere was my experience at the Prague Zouk Congress from 28 March…
