📅 Save the date for our next Iceland Zouk & Lambada Weekender with Olya and Fernando 🇩🇪 from Bremen, Germany from Friday, May 9th - Sunday, May 11th! 🤗💞 CLOSE EMBRACE: DANCING LIKE A HUG Learning to dance in Clo e Embrace take connection and comfort to the next level. When done right, Zouk can feel like one continuou , flowing hug—effortle and cozy. Olya & Fernando found in piration in Gui & Kel ey’ cla ic online Clo e Embrace cour e, which parked an idea: what if they combined Zouk Atom with Clo e Embrace? Thi initial thought wa the beginning of a very productive approach that brought much more tructure and po ibilitie to the amazing experience of the clo e embrace. Two Pa Option : 🎟️ Beginner Pa – Footwork, principle of connection, and head movement fundamental . Recommended for newer dancer and tho e working on improving their Zouk. 🎟️ Challenger Pa – Adding head movement to zouk tructure in clo e embrace. Recommended for intermediate and advanced dancer with everal month of experience in Zouk that want an extra challenge and pice. Location: Bild hofði 10 Schedule: Friday, May 9th 🕺 20:00-22:00 Pre-party Saturday, May 10th 15:00-16:00 Clo e Embrace Fundamental (Zouk Atom tyle) 16:15-17:15 Clo e Embrace with Head Movement 17:30-19:00 Advanced Variation of Clo e Embrace with Head Movement (only for challenger pa holder ) 19:00-20:00 Dinner Break 🕺 20:00-22:00 Party Sunday, May 11th 15:00-16:00 Shadow Clo e Embrace 16:15-17:15 Shadow Clo e Embrace with Head Movement 17:30-19:00 Advanced Variation of Shadow Clo e Embrace with Head Movement (only for challenger pa holder ) 📌 More detail on work hop topic coming oon! Price : 🎟️ Beginner Pa : 15,000 kr 🎟️ Challenger Pa : 19,000 kr Bundled with CK Zouk 4-Week Cla e : 🎟️ Beginner Pa : 25,000 kr 🎟️ Challenger Pa + Zouk Lab (http ://fb.me/e/2V4iu2TXT) + Zouk & Lambada Fundamental + Social : 31,000 kr ✅ How to Regi ter: Option A: No Receipt Needed 1. Tran fer to: Kennitala: 071097-5449 Account no.: 2200-26-971007 Amount: Ba ed on your elected pa 2. Click Going on thi Facebook event Option B: Need a Receipt (Eligible for Union Refund ) 1. Tran fer to: Kennitala: 270297-4639 Account no.: 0123-26-086326 Amount: Ba ed on your elected pa 2. Contact Celina Pablo to reque t your receipt 3. Click Going on thi Facebook event THE STORY OF OLYA AND FERNANDO Olya and Fernando’ tory i one of pa ion for dance and international adventure. In 2018 a Ru ian and a Spaniard met on the dance floor in Breda, Netherland , moving to the rhythm of Brazilian Zouk. They connected through dance, and eventually built a life together in Bremen, Germany, where they now teach and in pire dancer worldwide. FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ Before Zouk took over hi life, Fernando wa born in Madrid, tudied philo ophy, and later moved to Germany. In 2008, he caught the "Zouk viru " from Junior Carvalho in Bremen, and no cure ha worked ince! Dance and teaching -already over 15 year - became hi everyday reality. Then pandemic hit. With the world at a tand till, he took the opportunity to di till hi many year of teaching experience into a central concept: the Zouk Atom . OLYA KOSTROVA Olya’ dance journey began like that of many Ru ian girl —at the age of five, with traditional folk dance. She later tudied mu ic, then moved on to technical univer ity, where he di covered the world of partner dancing. Fir t, he fell in love with Kizomba, then Zouk, and now he al o dance and teache Argentine Tango. With a technical mind and razor- harp ob ervation kill , he’ the kind of teacher who ee everything in cla —no detail e cape her! THE BIRTH OF THE ZOUK ATOMS It all tarted in an apartment in mall Bremen, at the very beginning of the pandemic. With no cla e to teach and only a furle cat for company, two dance teacher had lot of time to think. They created the Zouk Atom —a concept de igned to bring more flow and freedom to ocial dancing. Too often, dancer rely on memorized equence , repeating time after time the ame entence on the dance floor. The Zouk Atom hift the focu to a functional under tanding of the footwork in zouk: leader learn to ee and combine movement intuitively in real time, experiencing a freedom like never before, while follower refine their technique, pre ence, and body awarene , unlocking the body to move in any direction - even dancing head movement . The re ult? A very tructured way of learning zouk, that provide you more ecurity in your dance kill while it open the door to new and very exciting po ibilitie . Now, a international teacher , Olya & Fernando are preading the love worldwide: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Thailand, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherland , —and the li t keep growing!