About Zoukies
Zoukies is a dance school and community to learn Brazilian zouk in an open-hearted and non-judgemental atmosphere.
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We practice moving our awareness from judgement into presence.
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We practice authentic relating and introspection.
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We practice embodiment and conscious partner interactions.
In every class we balance technical content with a mix of deep and playful partner connection exercises; this helps us to feel safe within ourselves and in connection with others.
We have weekly classes in Winterthur, Basel and Bern, as well as monthly workshops and annual retreats. Join our community on WhatsApp by clicking this link.
New Courses
Read MoreLearn the basic steps and structures of Brazilian Zouk in an open-hearted and friendly atmosphere.
Started Oct 23
Zoukenergy Retreat
Learn about our Zoukenergy Retreat by watching the documentary video and participant testimonials on this link. Join us in 2025 for this unique and highly recommended experience of dance, fantasy and abundance.
Brazilian
Zouk
Brazilian Zouk is a dance that originates from the tradition of Lambada in Brazil.
As Lambada became popular and spread to urban cities in southern parts of Brazil, the beat was mixed with traditional Zouk Caribbean music and slowed down to support new people learning the dance.
The traditional form of Lambada then combined with new basic steps to form Zouk, and is now danced in hundreds of cities around the world and has many more modern dance influences and interpretations.
At Zoukies we practice traditional structures of Brazilian Zouk combined with a more modern technique, awareness of connection, mindfulness and the biomechanics of movement and partner connection.
Embodied
Dance
Embodied dance is a powerful spiritual practice that weaves together the four layers of awareness: physical, intellectual, emotional and energetic; so that you can experience and experiment with different states of being and relating to others in the context of dance and partner connection.
By isolating different topics of dance theory that relate to body, space, shape and energy dynamics, in Embodied Dance students can explore the full potential of their movement capacity without the regular limitations of learning steps as in a traditional dance class. Additionally, this sense of freedom allows more resources to be devoted to mindfulness and conscious movement and connection.