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Community, Competitions, Events, ZoukOctober 18, 2018

Breaking Out of Gendered Roles at NYC Zouk Festival

By Rachel Cassandra

It’s been 10 days since the last night of NYC Zouk Festival, but I’m still riding high. There was plenty to praise this event…

Community, ZoukSeptember 21, 2018

Gendered Roles in Brazilian Zouk: an Interview with Bruno Galhardo

By Rachel Cassandra

Bruno Galhardo is an internationally renowned and beloved Brazilian zouk dance instructor and performer. When I went to my first real zouk event, the…

Community, Interviews, ZoukAugust 1, 2018

Brazilian Zouk’s Development: an Interview with Larissa Thayane

By Rachel Cassandra

Brazilian Zouk is a social dance that is relatively young and has been developing very rapidly. I have only recently entered the scene and…

Events, Kizomba, ZoukApril 20, 2016

Review: White House Kizomba & Zouk Summit 2016

By Rachel Cassandra

The White House Kizomba & Zouk Festival 2016: 3 days of workshops, 6 nights of parties, national and international instructors, dance performances, and a…

Dance 101, ZoukAugust 19, 2015

5 Lies You’ve Been Told About Zouk

By Rachel Cassandra

Zouk – such a terse little word, yet so tricky to unpack. We’re told it means “party” in French Creole, but what does it…

1 Marius Breaking Out of Gendered Roles at NYC Zouk Festival

Thanks for your response! I would regard every normal conversation between two people as a role free interaction. Like the one we are having now :-) And maybe we could…
2 Richard Breaking Out of Gendered Roles at NYC Zouk Festival

We generally go with "Mix and Match" now in Swing Dancing. I remember someone asked for a good name to replace Jack and Jill, people liked that and then pretty…
3 Rachel Cassandra Breaking Out of Gendered Roles at NYC Zouk Festival

So many interesting comments! Regan, I think talking about "the natural order" doesn't make sense for gender roles. There have always been different roles for people over time. Today most…