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Dance styles explained
Salsa is not just salsa, and bachata is not just bachata: most dances come in several styles with their own timing, music and feel. Here is what the style names in the course listings actually mean — so you pick the course that really fits you.
Brazilian zouk evolved from lambada and is danced to zouk, R&B and pop remixes. Its signature: flowing movement, waves and the head and hair movements of the follower.
BrazilianBrazilian ZoukBrazilian zouk: flowing, with the signature head and hair movements, to zouk, R&B and pop remixes.
Born from lambada and today the most widely danced zouk worldwide: soft, circular movement, waves, tilts and the follower's characteristic head movements, in close and open hold alike. Regional schools (Rio style, neo-zouk, zouk fusion) differ in music and expression; courses start with the basic step, the frame and safe head leading.
CaribbeanCaribbean / UrbanCaribbean zouk (Antilles): close embrace, simple basic, relaxed — the root of zouk music.
The zouk of Guadeloupe and Martinique is danced close and simply — more a shared sway to the music than a figure dance. Its music later gave rise to kizomba. "Urban Zouk", by contrast, is the modern Brazilian variant danced to hip-hop and R&B remixes.
LambadaLambadaThe fast, turn-happy origin of Brazilian zouk — lots of hips and momentum.
Lambada came out of Porto Seguro in the late 80s: fast, hip-driven movement, plenty of turns and the typical swing. Brazilian zouk developed from it — slower, more fluid, with head movements. Zouk-lambada courses usually teach both.