Brazilian Zouk
Brazilian Zouk emerged in Brazil in the early 1990s, in Rio de Janeiro according to the Brazilian Zouk Dance Council, when lambada dancers began to dance to zouk music from the French Antilles as lambada went out of fashion. In 2006 the Minas Zouk Congress in Belo Horizonte voted to adopt the name "Brazilian Zouk".
The dance is known for strong upper-body movement, especially the follower's movements led out of axis, along with body isolations and tilted turns. Substyles include Traditional (Rio), Lamba, Mzouk, Soulzouk and Neozouk, and dancers use music from R&B to pop and hip-hop. Most events outside Brazil are in Europe and the United States, and the Council, founded in 2014, runs sanctioned Jack and Jill competitions.
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