Tuesday 29 September 2009

FESTA DOS RITMOS QUENTES

ZUKADA PRODUÇÕES - APRESENTA


SABADO DIA 3 DE OUTUBRO
SALA-114 - Zona Industrial do Porto (Portugal)
(ao lado do metro da ramalde)


Rei Helder, Aleluia, Neuza, Hugo, Yuka, Edizila, Djodje, Ricky Boy, Pongo Love 'Buraka Som Sistema', Bad Like Yaz - Porto
Informação: 963519125, 916412890
Ate jaaaa...



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Monday 28 September 2009

Calling all young St Lucian Nationals (or parented by St Lucian Nationals) ladies ages 17 to 27 years old

Calling all young St Lucian Nationals (or parented by St Lucian Nationals) ladies ages 17 to 27 years old

16th October at the St Lucia High Commission, 1 Collingham Gdns, London, SW5 0HW (looking for more interested ladies to join us then)

Nearest tube - Earls Court Station or South Kensington  Click here to view exact location MAP

Contact: Tasha - missslukworld@live.co.uk or 07939 740 726 (Press Secretary)

Grace : 07951640400 (Team Leader)
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Save the date - A night of St Lucian culture, talent & beauty
Event: Miss St Lucia UK ('World') Beauty Pageant


Date: Friday 2nd April 2010
Venue : TBC Time : 7 p.m

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more info about this event coming in the future

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Some sunshine Music for the day.

Sunday 27 September 2009

Festa dos Famosos dia 4/out/09 Lisboa e Radio Famastar (live radio on Zouk, Lambada and Kizomba World)

Festa dos Famosos dia 4/out/09 Lisboa




Nao Perca a Grande noite apresentada pela a Radio Famastar em Lisboa a Festa dos Famosos a noite em q estara os mais famosos do mundo palope na discote Soul Club ( ex discoteca Luanda) no dia 4 de outubro esta festa e produto original da Famastar desde 2004 q foram reconhecidos como donos das Festas dos Famosos em Londres agora os mesmos estarao em Lisboa nao perca os convites ja se encontrao a venda para mais Info va ao http://www.famastar.net/  ou mande um email para radio@famastar.net  hammm vc ja pode ate comprar o seu convite online pela a loja famastar

Festa dos Famosos - Cj Fajeca - Lusoafrica, Dj Furreta - Angola, Dj Sabura -Lisboa, Dj Kadu no Soul Club
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Festa dos Famosos, Sunday the 4th October
The Big night,  don't miss Radio Famastars Festa dos Famosos in Lisbon this coming weekend.
Featuring Dj Fajeca and Dj Kadu. from the same people that are known for their parties Festas dos Famosos in London since 2004, the same group are bringing this party to Lisbon.


Get your invitation now from  http://www.famastar.net/  or e-mail radio@famastar.net


Dont' miss it!!




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Live radio on Zouk, Lambada and Kizomba World:


We are currently trying out new radio stations on Zouk, Lambada and Kizomba World, the idea will be to have different stations playing every 4 to 5 week so you have the opportunity to listen to different stations and gives them an opportunity to share their work with you also.


If you have a favourite station you'd like to hear playing, then please send me your suggestions to dancezouk@yahoo.co.uk so that I can invite them to be part of this project.


I've already contacted a few of the stations and am waiting for them to confim their interest, so it depends on them being open enough to accept the invitation, when you send me an e-mail it might be a good idea to advise the radio station you've suggested them to the blog.


a Big Thank You goes out to Radio Famastar for providing their music for your listening pleasure.


http://famastar.net/


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Rádio Ao vivo no Zouk, Lambada e Kizomba Mundo:


No momento, estamos testando novas estações de rádio para o blog, a ideia será ter diferentes estações tocando a cada 4 a 5 semanas para que você tenha a oportunidade de ouvir estações diferentes e dá-lhes uma oportunidade de compartilhar seu trabalho com vocês também.

Se você tiver uma estação de rádio favorita você gostaria de ouvir aqui, por favor me envie suas sugestões para dancezouk@yahoo.co.uk para que eu possa convidá-los a fazer parte deste projeto.


Eu já contactei algumas das estações e estou esperando por eles para confirmar seu interesse, já que isso depende deles sendo aberto ao suficiente para aceitar o convite, quando você me enviar um e-mail pode ser uma boa idéia para aconselhar a estação de rádio que você sugeriu-los para o blog.


Um Grande Agradecimento vai para Rádio Famastar para a prestação de suas músicas para o seu prazer de escuta.
http://famastar.net/








Adriano

Friday 25 September 2009

Congresso Internacional de Zouk

7th World Salsa and Zouk Congress - Brazil - The biggest Salsa Congress in the World!!!
Congresso Internacional de Zouk

O CONGRESSO

Considerado um dos maiores eventos de dança do país o Congresso Mundial de Salsa do Brasil entra na sua 7ª edição consagrado como um dos maiores eventos de salsa do mundo e o maior do gênero na América do Sul.

Neste ano de 2009 ele acontece de 09 a 12 de outubro, mais uma vez no Club Homs, um dos espaços mais elegantes e tradicionais de São Paulo, em pleno coração da Avenida Paulista, a mais importante da cidade.



04 grandes congressos internacionais reunidos em um único evento
SALSA – SAMBA – ZOUK - TANGO
O congresso Internacional de zouk conta com a direção do professor Philip Miha
INSTRUTORES CONFIRMADOS - ZOUK

- Érico e Ana Claúdia (Brasil - MG)

- Gilson (Holanda) e Rominita (Argentina)
- Henrique e Cristiane (Brasil - SP)
- Israel Szerman e Patica Borges (Brasil - DF)
- Jomar Mesquita e Juliana Macedo (Brasil - MG)
- Kadu e Larissa (Austrália)
- Leonardo Neves e Layssa (Brasil - RJ)
- Luís Florião e Adriana D'Acri (Brasil - RJ)
- Marcelo Grangeiro e Damyla (Brasil - PA)
- Mauricio Butenas (Brasil - SP)
- Philip Miha e Fernanda Teixeira (Brasil - SP)
- Renata Peçanha e Jorge Peres (Brasil - RJ)
- Renato Veronezi (Brasil - SP)
- Roberto Motta e Alini Lima (Brasil - SP)
- Rodrigo Delano e Naiara (Brasil - MG)
- Rodrigo Vecchi e Patricia Rezende (Brasil -SP)
- Sidnei e Indrid (Brasil - SP)
- Zé Roberto e Lara (Brasil - SP)

Informação e Inscrição:

http://www.zoukcongress.com.br/

http://www.salsacongress.com.br/

Thursday 24 September 2009

Zouk World Update

http://translate.google.com/

Hi All, you’ve probably noticed some of the changes on here and there will more coming in the near future. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the contributors that have provided information for the readers, and especially Luis Floriao that offered us information relating to the research he has done on Brazilian Zouk Lambada.

There has been some confusion as whether this space is just to share activities surrounding the Brazilian side of zouk, well the idea is to bring people together and not to separate them, (people / communities) so everyone is welcome.
Thanks to letting people like Kaysha know about Orkut, and mentioning the Zouk/ Lambada communitiess on Orkut to Suzanna Lubrano, many zouk/ kizomba singers are now making their way over to Brazil over the past 2 years, and it looks like this is going to become a popular destination for other artists in the future also.
Orkut, the leading social network




If you’d like to join me on Orkut http://www.orkut.com/ and discover it for yourself simply sign up and go to invite or add Friends, add zoukme4eva@yahoo.com.au it’s a great way to meet other zouk lovers from around the world.
Hi5, the leading Social Network in the U.S., Canada, Portugal and Mexico
For those wanting to know more about kizomba parties and the PALOP community/ies (look it up if you don’t know what PALOP is…..) in general feel free join me on Hi5, also zoukme4eva@yahoo.com.au





You can also add me on facebook: dancezouk@yahoo.co.uk









http://www.myspace.com/zoukdude
With regards to music styles, though I like them all, I must admit that my personal favourite is Zouk RnB, the Dj Mixes and Remixes styles, where they mix everything, zouk, kizomba, cabo love, konpa, tarraxinha and r&b, I think the sound caters to a wide audience, an example of good Zouk RnB producers are the Lights Out Crew, keep an eye out for their albums and releases featuring Dj Guelas, Dj BabyT as well as other talented Djs.


Konpa Clips
Thought you might like to get a taste of Konpa if you’ve never heard it before, or maybe you have and didn’t know it was konpa…..
Some of the names to look out for are Zin, Harmonik, Carimi, 1st Klass, Kreyol La, Tempo, Nu Look, T-Vice, and Creole Vibe.


Enjoy!!
MrZouk







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History of Kompa
KOMPA - THE HISTORY

People across the globe dance to the rhythm and the harmony of Konpa although they enjoy the rhythm and beat of the music, most people are not aware of real history of Konpa. Musicians from all over the world have traveled to Haiti to learn and gain more insights on Konpa and its roots. These international artists play famous folk lyrics and Konpa songs without giving credit to the Haitian artists who created them. One example is the interpretation of the Haitian classic, "Yellow Bird", by Arthur Lyman released by MCA Records in 1992. One can only attribute these stories of success to certain groups like Jazz Des Jeunes, Atomic, Tana, Titato, Maison Ante, Zobola, Diabolo, SAE orchestra, Les Etoiles, Ti Paris, Nirvana, Altchery Derival, Septentrional, & Tropicana of Cap Haitian, Jazz Des Jeunes, and Meridionale des Cayes. These bands and individuals made the debut performance of their musical careers through Latin style music such as Rumba or Meringue, which also have their roots in traditional African music. The 1940's and 50's musical era produced talented and respected Haitian musicians. The list includes Charles Dessalines, Lucien Noel, Charles Avoine, Leon Atus, Jean Claude Paul, Gary French, Jean Ener Devis, Serge Delaleux, Louis Layence, Anulus Cadet, Mozard Monfort, Richard Duroseau, Destinoble Barateau, Joe Trouillot, Edzer Duroseau, Monfort Jean Baptiste, Raroule Guillaume, Tales, Maz Pierrot, Les Freres Guillard, Eddy Prophete, Deroulo, Yapha, Nenet Domingue, Lominy, Gerard Dupervil, Charles Napoleon, Andre Dorismont, Raymond Gaspard, Candio Despradine, Malary Gay, and of course Webert Sicot and Nemours Jean Baptiste.

The origin of KONPA DIRECT, as it was known, began with these musical masters. Nemours Jean Baptiste (born in 1914) and Webert Sicot (born in 1934) formed Coronto International on July 25, 1954. The group included Julien Paul, Monfort Jean Baptiste, Anulis Cadet, Mozard Duroseau and Edzer Duroseau. These musicians were very well known within the Haitian circle and as a result the group became an overnight success. A few months later, Webert Sicot left the band and joined a group called "Latino". Webert and Nemours were two musical geniuses with unique but different styles and ideas. Due to their differences, they could not coexist and flourish in the same band for long. Eventually, Nemours and Sicot had to go their separate ways to fulfill their musical goals which turned out to be for the benefit of Konpa and Haitian music. In 1955, Nemours Jean Baptiste became the maestro of Coronto. He later introduced the electrical guitar, timbale, cowbell, and tom-tom floor to the band. Nemours changed the name of the band to "Enssemble Au Calbasse" (and later to "Enssemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste") which featured the talents of Julien Paul, Pierre Blain, Arthur Louvelass, Leconte Vilvaless, Louis Layance, Jean Claude Paul, and Willy La Croix. After the breakup "Latino", Webert Sicot -- in an attempt to balance the equation, established his own band called "Enssemble Webert Sicot" with its home-base at "Au Calbasse" nightclub in Mariani, whereas Nemours' band performed at "Au Calbasse" nightclub located in Kinscoff. Nemours' band became so popular they were invited to play at Palladium in New York City in 1957. Of the two groups, "Enssemble Au Calbasse" was also preferred by the bourgeois and some in the Duvalier family, specifically Marie Denise Duvalier, daughter of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. However, Jean Claude Duvalier "Baby Doc" later embraced Sicot. When Nemours and Sicot were part of the same band, they were in competition with "Jazz Des Jeunes", a very popular band during that particular time. "Septentrional", "Vesperal", "Meridional", "Ti Paris", "Altchery Dorival", and other bands of the countryside were very popular as well. Sicot and Nemours traveled to different provinces all over the country to play with these bands. They were in a better position financially than the other bands to put their music on record. Therefore, they "borrowed" some of the most popular tunes from the groups mentioned above and engraved them on their musical archives. After the separation, people realised that there was no major difference between their musical styles. So, in an attempt to distinguish himself from Nemours, Sicot came up with his own style called "CADENCE RAMPA”. While Sicot’s music was more sophisticated, the Haitian elite were not receptive to the style. Nemours' music was based on improvisation, simple with an easy rhythm flow. As a result, It became easier for student musicians to follow. Although Sicot and Nemours were competitive rivals as musicians, they were best friends. They referred to each other as "Compere", but it was Nemours who was the godfather of Sicot's nephew. According to certain musicians who played with both groups, Nemours and Sicot met regularly to discuss musical strategies. Sicot and Nemours created an interest never seen before in the Haitian music scene, these two individuals with their bands captured the spirit of the Haitian population. In addition to the “band a pied” (street bands), Sicot and his group was the first band to participate in the Carnival in 1967. Nemours followed suit in 1968, and in the same year there was the emergence of the “mini Jazz” bands. These bands included Les Fantasies de Carrefour, Les Shleu- Shleu, Les Embassadeurs, Bossa Combo, Les Gypsies, Les Difficiles, Tabou Combo, and Les Freres Dejean. In 1968, Sicot left Haiti to tour the United States and Europe. Nemours stayed behind to entertain a nation that embraced Konpa with their heart and soul. After leaving Haiti, Sicot left a void in the musical scene. In 1971, he returned with his first solo album, “Just For You.” However, it was too late for him to recapture a public that religiously fell in love with Konpa. Nemours permanently imposed Konpa as the dominant form of music in Haiti. This was evident based on the fact that most upcoming bands seemed to adapt to Konpa rather than Cadence Rampa. For instance, Les Shleu-Shleu, a very successful band in the 70’s era, followed Nemours’ trend and performed with him on several occasions. During the 70’s, Nemours and Sicot traveled often to the United States and the Caribbean to expose Konpa to the international community. In the meantime Shleu-Shleu, Bossa Combo, Les Loup Noirs, Tropicana, Septentrional and others bands were making their presence known in Haiti. Due to their absences, Sicot and Nemours became less visible in Haiti and the mini Jazz took over the industry. Despite all of their contributions to Haitian music, Nemours Jean Baptiste and Webert Sicot are not getting the recognition they deserve, and there isn't much being done to preserve their legacy while producers and records companies continue to produce and sell Konpa. Nemours Jean Baptiste and Webert Sicot were musical icons and brought joy to their fanatics and contributed greatly to the evolution of Konpa. Sicot and Nemours are to Konpa what Beethoven is to classical music and Michael Jackson to pop culture. They were the heart and soul of Haitian music across the globe. They were not just musicians, they were entertainers, rankable in the class of Frank Sinatra, Charles Aznavour, Sammy Davis JR, who showcased their talents in live concerts throughout Haiti and the in international community. In his own words, the well-known percussionist, Mario DeVolcy said “Sicot and Nemours
Haiti Today
Features and Haiti Today:Today, Haiti’s population is over five million people and is poor and highly urbanized. It has struggled economically after winning their independence and has not found a solution to their poverty problems. Things have not changed and they still find themselves at the bottom of economic power. The people of Haiti are mainly of black-African origin and speak either Haitian Creole or French and are Roman Catholic and Protestant or voodoo worshippers. Voodoo has been the best known feature of Haiti and has gained an image of being a country of sorcery and zombies. Many exaggerate the sense of voodoo in Haiti, but the people of the land keep it within the limits of the family. Original Reference: http://www.magicnet/~lmorris/index.html.


Original Text from Video Kreyol Kreyol


Project Boyz Kanaval 2007
http://videokreyolkreyol.blogspot.com/


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Friday 18 September 2009

Lambada - Para los que aman la Lambada y el Zouk





Para los que aman la Lambada y el Zouk

Muchos creen que la lambada – música y baile – son productos culturales de Caribe. Hay todavía los que creen que la lambada y el zouk son nombres distintos para el mismo ritmo y baile. Pero nada de eso es verdad. Para comprender como surgió la lambada y deshacer la confusión se necesita saber más, y separar bailes y músicas en una caldera de ritmos.


Los Caribes y la Lambada

En vez de Caribe, lo más correcto sería llamar a esta región "Los Caribes", considerando que as islas han sido dominadas por diversas naciones europeas, dando características muy distintas a cada una de ellas. Los Caribes serían cuatro: el español, el francés, el inglés y el holandés. Todos tienen en sus culturas, en mayor o menor cantidad, la influencia de los nativos, de los colonizadores y de los africanos.
En la música, esto ha representado una gran diversidad, pero con un detalle: casi todos los países utilizan principalmente los instrumentos de cuerdas que han sido traídos de Europa y la percusión africana (básicamente la de la nación Yoruba).


La Música Zouk

La música caribeña, que además es ingrediente de varios ritmos brasileños, ha siempre tenido gran influencia en el norte de Brasil, especialmente en el Maranhão.
El zouk es una de estas músicas. Fuerte en los países de colonización francesa como la Martinica y Guadalupe, es cantado normalmente en creòle, una mezcla de francés con idiomas africanos. Estudiosos creen que su base rítmica sea proveniente de la cultura árabe. Se encuentra esta misma base también en varios países como España y Portugal, en el continente africano y en prácticamente toda América.
Una de las versiones sobre el aparecimiento de la música zouk cuenta que haya sido criada para divulgar la Martinica y tener, a ejemplo de Cuba, una influencia cultural en América Latina. El resultado ha sido parcial: lograron que el ritmo se difundiera por el mundo, pero como esto ha ocurrido desde la Francia, en muchos países, incluso Brasil, muchos creyeron que la música fuera francesa.


El Baile Zouk

El Zouk - que significa fiesta – es un baile muy parecido al merengue, practicado en Caribe, principalmente en las islas de Guadalupe y Martinica.
Se baila el zouk cambiando el peso básicamente en las cabezas de los tiempos musicales y su coreografía es poco elaborada.


La Música Lambada


La música lambada surgió en el Pará y tiene base en el carimbó (en su forma tradicional, se acompañan tambores de leño afinados a fuego) y en la guitarrada, influenciada por varios ritmos como la cumbia, el merengue y el zouk.
Varios relatos de paraenses (persona nacida en Pará) cuentan que una emisora local llamaba de "lambadas" a las músicas más vibrantes. El uso transformó el adjetivo en sustantivo, bautizando el ritmo que tiene en el músico Pinduca su más importante nombre.
Esa mezcla del carimbó con la música metálica y electrónica de Caribe gaño el gusto popular.
El gran suceso, todavía, sucedió con el ingreso de empresarios franceses en el negocio, que de una sola vez compraron los derechos autorales de centenas de músicas. Con una gigantesca estructura de marketing y músicos buenos, el grupo Kaoma introdució con éxito la lambada en Europa y otros continentes. Adaptada al ritmo, la música boliviana "Llorando se fue" se convirtió en el carro-jefe de la novedad por el mundo.
Luego se siguió un período intenso de composiciones e grabaciones de lambadas tanto en el mercado interno cuando en el externo. Decenas de grupos y otros cuantos cantores se aprovecharon del suceso del ritmo, incrementando sus carreras, como fue el caso de Sidney Magal, Sandy y Jr, Fafá de Belém y el grupo Balão Mágico. Esta es una historia recurrente, donde cambian solamente los personajes: la valoración del producto brasileño ocurre en seguida a su éxito en el exterior.
En seguimiento a este período de superexposición, como ocurrió con casi todas las novedades del pasado, le pasó a la Lambada un desgaste natural, con la consecuente caída en las ventas, hasta cesar completamente la producción.


El Baile Carimbó

Antes de hablar sobre el baile lambada debemos recordarnos una de sus raíces: el carimbó. Con origen atribuído a los indígenas Tupinambá, es un antigo baile perteneciente al folklore amazónico, asta hoy muy practicado. Tiene hace tiempos nítidas influencias espanholas, tiene como características principales: movimientos donde la mujer intenta cubrir al hombre con su falda, el galanteo, muchos giros e rotaciones de la cabeza.


El Baile Lambada

El baile lambada ha tenido su origen en el norte de Brasil, de una mezcla de carimbó y unos bailes de nordeste, y también con algunas figuras del maxixe como el “balón apagado”. En su primera etapa, llegó hasta el Nordeste, pero sin arraigarse. En ese período la principal característica de la lambada fue la proximidad de las parejas.
Luego llega a Porto Seguro y se desarrolla ahí. Como referencias menciono las casas “Lambada Boca da Barra” en Porto y el “Jatobar” en Arraial D'Ajuda - donde desde el inicio también las Rumbas Flamencas (llamadas de lambadas españolas) y los zouks (llamados de lambadas francesas) sirvieron para mecer a los lambaderos.
A fines de los años 80 hubo un éxito mundial gracias a la gran divulgación hecha por el grupo Kaoma, que tenía bailarines brasileños en sus shows. En el exterior y en Brasil, la lambada (baile y música) se ha vuelto un fenómeno de ventas y en poco tiempo la empezaron a utilizar en aperturas de telenovelas (ex. abertura de la Rainha da Sucata, Rede Globo, 1990), películas y prácticamente todos los programas de auditorio – Fue el momento de los grandes concursos, shows etc. La necesidad del espectáculo hizo que los bailarines desenvolvieran coreografías cada vez más audaces, con muchos giros y acrobacias.


El Nuevo Estilo, La Lambada Carioca

Tras varios años de suceso por el mundo, la música lambada sufrió una crisis y no la grabaron más. Los Djs de las discotecas aprovecharon para simular el entierro del estilo musical.
El baile perdió su realce, pero se ha mantenido vivo gracias a los experimentos en las lambaterías con estilos de música variados que tuvieran la misma base de marcación que permitiera bailar lambada. Como ejemplo, podemos citar el grupo de rumba flamenca Gipsy Kings, que tuvo venta extraordinaria en Brasil en consecuencia del baile. Así, las canciones francesas, españolas, árabes, estadounidenses, africanas, caribeñas etc. garantieron la continuación del estilo de baile. De todas las músicas, el zouk fue la que mejor se adaptó, volviéndose la favorita para se bailar la lambada.
El hecho de bailar con músicas de paso más lento, con más tiempo y pausas que prácticamente no existían en la música lambada, permitió explorar al máximo la sensualidad, plasticidad y belleza de nuestra creación. Los movimientos volvieronse más suaves y fluidos, cambiando a medida que el baile se fue incorporando e intercambiando con otras modalidades. La relación interpersonal fue valorada de nuevo y las acrobacias volvieron exclusividad de los palcos. Contribuyeron también varias pesquisas, hasta fuera del baile de salón, como por ejemplo, las de contacto y de improvisación.
La casa nocturna Ilha dos Pescadores (Barra da Tijuca – Rio de Janeiro), comandada por Tio Pio y dirigida con el lema: “mientras existir un lambadero, la lambada jamás morirá”, mantuvo por casi todo el tiempo en que la lambada estuvo fuera de moda, los domingos dedicados a este estilo de baile. En ese ambiente de resistencia se consolida la transición de la lambada de Porto Seguro hacia la lambada carioca.
Hoy, en inicio del siglo XXI, tenemos el estilo de Porto Seguro (generalmente llamado de lambada) que preferencialmente utiliza las músicas más rápidas (lambadas, zouks, músicas árabes...), mucha energía, giros múltiplos de la mujer, mucho movimiento de los hombros y con énfasis del movimiento en los tiempos pares de la música*1 o mismo intercambiando en los pares y impares. El estilo carioca (muchas veces llamado lambazouk, lambada zouk, zouk, zouk love, zouk brasileño, zouk carioca y otros nombres) que normalmente usa músicas lentas como el zouk love y la kizomba (love), es más sensual, con muchas espirales, torciones de tronco, contacto y énfasis del movimiento en los tiempos impares*1. Constato además una gran mezcla de los dos estilos y algunos subestilos.





Reconocimiento

A cada día, más brasileños y extranjeros reconocen y valoran nuestra cultura. El baile lambada se ha mostrado un gran amplificador profesional. En el bienio 2006/2007 hemos registrado cerca de diez diferentes eventos por el mundo, que tienen la lambada por destaque - concursos, encuentros, seminarios*2 y conferencias como el Br Danças en Rio de Janeiro, el de Barcelona, el de Brasilia y el de Porto Seguro.
Se encuentran bailes especializados y profesores en varios estados y en los más variados puntos de la Tierra. Aunque, equivocadamente llamen el baile lambada de zouk, muchos vivieron y viven de él. Es también interesante mencionar que muchos profesores han hecho reuniones para encontrar formas de divulgación comunes.
De toda esa historia quedaronse muy buenos frutos, por ejemplo: gran parte de los talentos de baile de salón hoy en día surgió de la lambada; la presentación del baile a los más jóvenes, la visibilidad internacional conquistada - la lambada es nuestro baile de pareja más conocido en el extranjero (hasta mismo más que el samba) y principalmente el rescate del derecho, perdido desde hace décadas, de bailar abrazado.

Luís Florião – Profesor de lambada, pesquisador y idealizador del Movimiento Lambada Brasil.

Escuela: R. Carmela Dutra, 82 - Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil - CEP. 20.520-080
(005521) 85340306 ou 25687823
http://www.dancadesalao.blogger.com.br/ almad@dancecom.com.br

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For those who love Lambada and Zouk

For those who love Lambada and Zouk

Many people believe that lambada – both music and dance – are products from the Caribbean culture. Others believe that “lambada” and “zouk” are different words used for the same rhythm and dance. But that is not true. To understand how the lambada appeared we need to know more, and separate music from dance in this big boiler of rhythms.


“The Caribes” and the Lambada

Instead of Caribbean, maybe it would be better to call that region “The Caribbeans”, since those islands were dominated by Europeans from different countries, giving each island a peculiar characteristic. In this conception, the Caribbeans would be four: the Spanish, the French, the English and the Dutch Caribbean.
Each of them has been influenced to a greater or a lesser extent by the natives, the colonizers and the Africans. In the music, this influence led to a great diversity with something in common: almost all countries use chord instruments that came from Europe and the African percussion (basically from the Yoruba).


Zouk Music

Caribbean music, which is also a spice in many Brazilian rhythms, has always played a great influence in the northern region of Brazil, specially in the state of Maranhão. Zouk is one of these styles of music, originated in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. It is usually sang in “creole” a mix of French and African. Researchers believe that it´s rithmic basis comes from the arabian culture. This same basis is also found in many countries like Spain and Portugal, in the African continent and in practically all America.
One of the versions about the appearing of the zouk music says that it was created to divulge Martinica. The result was parcial though: the rithm has spread in the world, but being divulged trough France, in many places, including Brasil, many people believe that this music is French.


The Dance Zouk

Zouk - that means “party” - is a dance similar to the “Merengue” in the sense that it is danced changing the weight basically in the heads of the musical times. Zouk is practiced in the Caribbean, mainly in the islands of Guadalupe and Martinica, and its choreography is little elaborated.


The music Lambada

Born in the state of Pará, lambada is a Brazilian music style based in the carimbó (in its traditional form, accompanied by drums made of a hollow trunk, tuned by fire) and the guitarrada, also influenced by many rhythms like cumbia, merengue and zouk. Local people from Pará say that a broadcasting station called “lambadas” the most vibrating songs. The adjective “lambadas” then became a noun, naming the rhythm that has the musician Pinduca as it’s most important name. This mixture of carimbó with electronic and metallic Caribbean music became popular. However, the great success happened when French businessmen bought the Copyright of hundreds of songs. With a huge structure of marketing and good musicians, the group Kaoma released the lambada in Europe and other continents. Adapted to the rhythm, the Bolivian song “Chorando se foi” became a summer hit worldwide.
In the external and domestic markets, an intense period of compositions and recordings followed. Dozens of groups and many singers took advantage in the success of the rhythm. That was the case of Sidney Magal, Sandy and Junior, Fafá de Belém and the group Balão Mágico. This is a recurrent tale: the merit of a Brazilian product is recognized in Brazil only after its success in the external market. After the over-exposure phase, the lambada suffered a natural exhaustion, the sales lessened, and the production had to stop.


The Dance Carimbó

Before talking about lambada, let's remember one of its roots: the Carimbó.
Believed to have it´s origin in the Tupinambá Indian tribe, it´s an ancient dance belonging to the amazonian folklor, till today very commonly practiced. It has since long a clear Spanish influence and has as main characteristics movements in which the woman tries to cover her male partner with her skirt, the gallantry, many turns and rotations of the head.


The Dance Lambada

The dance lambada has its roots in the north of Brazil, from a mixture of carimbó, some dances from the northeast and figures from the maxixe, such as the balão apagado. In its first period, the lambada arrived in the northeast, without fixing roots there. In this period the main characteristic of the lambada was the proximity of the partners. Soon the lambada arrives at Porto Seguro and is enriched. The houses “Lambada Boca da Barra” at Porto Seguro and “Jatobar” at Arraial D'Ajuda can be quoted as references. They also played Flamenco Rumba (the so called Spanish lambada) and the zouks (also known by then as French lambada).
By the end of the 80's lambada entered the global mainstream with the success of the French pop group Kaoma, which had some Brazilian dancers in their shows. Inside and outside Brazil, the lambada (both music and dance) became a phenomenon of sales and was even present in the soap-operas (e.g. Rainha da Sucata, 1990), movies and TV-shows. The competition in the spectacles developed dared choreographies, with many turns and acrobatics.

A new style: the Lambada Carioca

After many years of success worldwide, the lambada knew its decline, and stopped being recorded. The Djs simulated the funeral of the music style. The dance, however, survived through music from France, Spain, Arabia, United States, Africa and Caribbean among others. Just to give an exemple, the flamenco rumba band Gipsy Kings sold a lot in Brasil because of the dance. There was a search for a music style with the reading that allowed people to use the movements from the lambada. From all music styles, zouk was the one that fitted best, becoming the preferred music to dance lambada.
Dancing lambada with slower music with more time and pauses that practically did not exist in the lambada music allowed a broad exploration of sensuality, plasticity and beauty of our creation. Movements gained softness and fluidness, changing to the measure that the dance was incorporating and changing with other modalities; the dancers interchange regained value and acrobatics became almost exclusively movements for stages. Many researches also contributed, even outside the social dances, as for instance, the contact improvisation ones.
The Night Club Ilha dos Pescadores (Fisher's Island), Rio de Janeiro, run by “Tio Pio” had the lemma “Lambada will never die while there is at least one lambada dancer”. During all the time that lambada was “out”, the house resisted hosting the dance on Sundays. This resistance helped consolidating the transition from the lambada from Porto Seguro to the Carioca Lambada style.
Nowadays both styles still survive. The style from Porto Seguro (usually called lambada) uses faster songs (lambadas, zouks, Arabian songs, etc), multiple turns of the woman and a lot of movement of the shoulders. This style gives emphasis of the movements either in the even times of the song*1 or alternating evens and odds. The Carioca style (also called lambazouk, lambada zouk, zouk, zouk love, zouk brasileiro, zouk carioca, and many other names) is usually danced to slower songs like the zouk love and the kizomba (love). It is more sensual, with many spirals, twists of the torso, contact and emphasis in the odd times of the songs*1. There can be also found a broad mixture of both styles and some sub-styles.


Acknowledgment

Day after day more Brazilians and foreigners appreciate our culture. The dance lambada has represented a broad professional growth. In the period 2006/2007 about ten events around the world focused the lambada - competitions, meetings, seminars and conferences like the Br Dances Congress in Rio de Janeiro, and others in Barcelona, Brasília and Porto Seguro.
There are specialized dances and teachers in many states of Brasil, and many countries around the world. Even though some people call zouk the lambada by mistake, a large number of people live from this dance style. It is worth to note that many teachers have been meeting to find common ways of unveiling the lambada.
The whole history of the lambada has been very fruitful: a significant number of the most talented contemporary social dancers appeared through the lambada; the accessibility of the dance in pairs to the young people; the international visibility acquired – lambada is our dance in pairs that is best known abroad (even more than samba). It represents the rescue of our rights of dancing embraced.

Luís Florião – Teacher, researcher of lambada and creator of the “Movimento Lambada Brasil”.

School: R. Carmela Dutra, 82 - Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil - CEP. 20.520-080
Tel. (005521) 85340306 ou 25687823 almad@dancecom.com.br
http://www.dancadesalao.blogger.com.br/

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Para quem Gosta de Lambada e Zouk

Para Quem Gosta de Lambada e Zouk

Muitos acreditam que a lambada - música e dança - sejam produtos culturais do Caribe. Também há aqueles que acreditam que lambada e zouk sejam nomes diferentes para o mesmo ritmo e dança, mas nada disso é verdadeiro. Para entender como surgiu a lambada e desfazer essa confusão é preciso saber um pouco mais, separando danças e músicas nesse caldeirão de ritmos.

Os Caribes e a Lambada
Em vez de Caribe, o mais correto seria a região chamar-se "Os Caribes", considerando que as ilhas foram dominadas por diversos povos europeus, dando características muito diferentes a cada uma delas. Os Caribes seriam quatro: o espanhol, o francês, o inglês e o holandês. Todos têm em suas culturas, em maior ou menor grau, influência dos nativos, dos colonizadores e dos africanos. Na música, isso representou uma enorme diversidade, mas com um detalhe: quase todos os países utilizam principalmente os instrumentos de cordas que vieram da Europa e a percussão africana (basicamente do povo Yorubá).





A Música Zouk
A música caribenha, que é também ingrediente de diversos ritmos brasileiros, sempre exerceu grande influência no norte do Brasil, em especial no Maranhão.
O zouk é uma dessas músicas. Forte onde ocorreu colonização francesa como a Martinica e Guadalupe, é cantado normalmente em creòle, uma mistura do francês com línguas africanas. Estudiosos acreditam que a sua base rítmica seja oriunda da cultura árabe. Esta mesma base é encontrada também em vários países como Espanha e Portugal, no continente africano e em praticamente toda a América.
Uma das versões sobre o surgimento da música zouk afirma que ela foi criada para divulgar a Martinica e ter, a exemplo de Cuba, influência cultural na América Latina. O resultado foi apenas parcial: conseguiram que o ritmo se espalhasse pelo mundo, mas como isso ocorreu a partir da França, em diversos lugares, inclusive no Brasil, muitos passaram a acreditar que a música seria francesa.

A Dança Zouk
O zouk - que significa festa - é uma dança muito parecida com o merengue, praticada no Caribe, principalmente nas ilhas de Guadalupe e Martinica. É dançado trocando o peso basicamente nas cabeças dos tempos musicais e sua coreografia é pouco elaborada.

A Música Lambada
Surgida no Pará, a música lambada tem base no carimbó (que na forma tradicional é marcada por tambores de tronco de árvores afinados a fogo) e na guitarrada, influenciada por vários ritmos como a cúmbia, o merengue e o zouk.
Diversos relatos de paraenses contam que uma emissora local chamava de "lambadas" as músicas mais vibrantes. O uso transformou o adjetivo em substantivo, batizando o ritmo que tem Pinduca como nome mais importante. Essa mistura do carimbó com a música metálica e eletrônica do Caribe caiu no gosto popular.
O grande sucesso, no entanto, aconteceu após a entrada de empresários franceses no negócio, que de uma só vez compraram os direitos autorais de centenas de músicas. Com uma gigantesca estrutura de marketing e bons músicos, o grupo Kaoma lançou com êxito a lambada na Europa e outros continentes. Adaptada ao ritmo, a música boliviana "Chorando se foi" tornou-se o carro chefe da novidade pelo mundo.
Seguiu-se um período intenso de composições e gravações de lambadas tanto no mercado interno quanto externo. Dezenas de grupos e diversos cantores pegaram carona no sucesso do ritmo, incrementando suas carreiras, como foi o caso de Sidney Magal, Sandy e Jr, Fafá de Belém e o grupo Balão Mágico. É uma história recorrente, onde apenas mudam os personagens: a valorização do produto brasileiro se dá somente após a vitória no exterior.
Depois dessa fase de superexposição, como acontece com quase todas as boas novas de ontem, deu-se um natural desgaste com a conseqüente queda nas vendas até o cessar da produção.

A Dança Carimbó
Antes de falar sobre a dança lambada lembremos do carimbó, uma de suas raízes. Provavelmente originada na tribo indígena Tupinambá, é uma antiga dança pertencente ao folclore amazônico e ainda hoje, muito praticada. Possui há tempos clara influência espanhola e tem como principais características movimentos onde a mulher tenta cobrir o homem com a saia, o galanteio, muitos giros e rotações de cabeça.

A Dança Lambada
A dança lambada teve sua origem no norte do Brasil, a partir de uma mistura da dança carimbó com danças nordestinas e ainda algumas figuras do maxixe, como o balão apagado. Em sua primeira fase chegou até o Nordeste, mas, sem fincar raízes. Nesse período a lambada tinha como principal característica os casais bem próximos.
Em seguida, ela chega a Porto Seguro e se desenvolve. Como referências cito as casas Lambada Boca da Barra em Porto e o Jatobar em Arraial D'Ajuda - onde desde o início também as Rumbas Flamencas (então chamadas de lambadas espanholas) e os zouks (então chamados de lambadas francesas) serviram para embalar os lambadeiros.
No fim da década de 80 veio o sucesso mundial que aconteceu graças à grande promoção feita pelo Kaoma, que contava com dançarinos brasileiros em seus shows. No exterior e aqui, a lambada (dança e música) tornou-se um fenômeno de vendas e em pouco tempo passou a marcar presença em novelas (ex. abertura da Rainha da Sucata da rede Globo de 1990), filmes e praticamente todos os programas de auditório - É a hora dos grandes concursos, shows etc. A necessidade do espetáculo faz com que os dançarinos criem coreografias cada vez mais ousadas, com muitos giros e acrobacias.

O Novo Estilo, a Lambada Carioca
Depois de vários anos nos topos das paradas de sucesso pelo mundo, a música lambada entrou em crise e parou de ser gravada. Os Djs das boates aproveitaram então para simular o enterro do estilo musical.
A dança perdeu destaque, mas sobreviveu, pois já haviam sido feitas nas lambaterias muitas experiências com variados estilos de música que tivessem a batida (base de marcação) que permitisse dançar lambada, só para citar um exemplo, a banda de rumba flamenca Gipsy Kings teve vendagem significativa no Brasil por conta da dança. Então as músicas francesas, espanholas, árabes, estadunidenses, africanas, caribenhas etc. garantiram a continuidade do estilo de dança. De todas as músicas, o zouk foi a que melhor se encaixou, tornando-se, a preferida para se dançar a lambada.
O fato de se passar a dançar em músicas com um andamento mais lento, com mais tempo e pausas que praticamente não existiam na música lambada, permitiu explorar ao máximo a sensualidade, plasticidade e beleza da nossa criação. Os movimentos ficaram mais suaves e fluidos, modificando-se à medida que a dança foi incorporando e trocando com outras modalidades, a relação interpessoal voltou a ganhar valor e as acrobacias ficaram praticamente exclusivas para os palcos. Contribuíram ainda diversas pesquisas, até fora da dança de salão, como por exemplo, as de contato e improvisação.
A casa noturna Ilha dos Pescadores (Barra da Tijuca – Rio de Janeiro), comandada por Tio Pio e norteada pelo lema: enquanto um lambadeiro existir, a lambada jamais morrerá, manteve por quase todo o tempo que a lambada esteve fora da moda os domingos direcionados para essa dança, e é nesse ambiente de resistência que se consolida a transição da lambada de Porto Seguro para a lambada carioca.
Hoje, no início do séc XXI, temos o estilo de Porto Seguro (geralmente chamado de lambada) que preferencialmente usa as músicas mais rápidas (lambadas, zouks, músicas árabes...), muita energia, giros múltiplos da dama, muita oscilação dos ombros e dando a ênfase do movimento nos tempos pares da música*1 ou intercalando nos pares e ímpares e o estilo carioca (chamado muitas vezes de lambazouk, lambada zouk, zouk, zouk love, zouk brasileiro, zouk carioca e outros muitos nomes) que normalmente usa músicas lentas como o zouk love e a kizomba (love), é mais sensual, com muitas espirais, torções de tronco, contato e tem a ênfase do movimento nos tempos ímpares*1. Constato ainda grande mistura entre os dois estilos e alguns subestilos.

Reconhecimento
A cada dia, mais brasileiros e estrangeiros dão o devido reconhecimento e valor à nossa cultura. A dança lambada vem se mostrando um grande incremento profissional, ano após ano registramos mais eventos pelo mundo, que têm essa dança como destaque - concursos, encontros, palestras*2 e congressos como o Br Danças no Rio de Janeiro, o de Barcelona, o de São Paulo e o de Porto Seguro.
Encontramos bailes especializados e professores em diversos estados e nos mais variados pontos do planeta e ainda que chamem equivocadamente a dança lambada de zouk, muitos viveram e vivem dela. Interessante também citar que muitos professores vêm se reunindo para criar formas de divulgações em comum.
De toda essa história ficaram ótimos frutos, por exemplo: uma boa parte dos talentos da dança de salão de hoje, surgiu a partir da lambada; a apresentação da dança a dois aos mais jovens; a visibilidade internacional conquistada - a lambada é a nossa dança de par mais conhecida no exterior (mais até que o samba) e principalmente o resgate do direito, perdido a décadas, de dançar abraçado.

Luís Florião – Professor e pesquisador especializado em lambada e idealizador do Movimento Lambada Brasil
Escola Sindicato da Dança R. Carmela Dutra, 82 - Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil - CEP. 20.520-080 Tel. (005521) 85340306 ou 2565-7330 almad@dancecom.com.br
http://www.dancecom.com.br/

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Tuesday 15 September 2009

Dance Grand Prix Season 2010

Dance Grand Prix Season 2010 - Barcelona, Spain. Ballet & Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, FOlk, HIp Hop, Tap Schools / Companies - Dance Festival during the easter break


Dance Grand Prix Season 2010



Starting 1st to 5th APRIL 2010 in Barcelona - SPAIN


and 24th to 27th JUNE 2010 in ITALY






BARCELONA DANCE AWARD & the


DanceGrandPrix ITALY



Showcases/Competitions for emerging & established all age Dance Schools/Companies from all over the World!
All Styles Welcome.



where EVERYBODY is UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT!


LIVE A GREAT THEATRICAL ADVENTURE IN EUROPE!




to register your participation contact:












phone / fax (0039) 0547 51077 ---- mobile (0039) 3356141846




International Dance Competition in Italy June 2010, register your participation today!!














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Zouk Lambada Israel: Gilson Damasco and Dikla Damti workshops

Lambada Zouk in Israel - whats happening in Tel Aviv
World famous Lambazouk instructor Gilson Damasco and Dikla Damti are giving weekend workshops in Tel Aviv on Sep 25-26 for beginners and advanced students.

In addition there is a choreography workshop on Thursdays, Sep 17 and 24.

For more details please check the web site http://2dance.co.il/ and also the Facebook group "Zouk Lambada Israel"

Liza


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Monday 14 September 2009

Suzanna Lubrano em Belo Horizonte - Brasil

A cantora Internacional de Zouk, Suzanna Lubrano, cantou no Hard Rock Café no dia 05 de setembro (Belo Horizonte - Brasil). Um evento promovido pela Zoukmania. Casa cheia, muitos zoukeiros compareceram. Um excelente show!

O evento começou as 16:00, com muito zouk até a apresentação da cantora, que começou as 21:00 e terminou as 22:00.


Confira as fotos da apresentação e videos.


Bruno (Zoukmania), Suzanna Lubrano
e Vânia Luiz (Zoukbh)

Suzanna Lubrano e Vania Luiz ZoukBH
Suzanna Lubrano live on stage in Brazil







Suzanna Lubrano - Hard Rock Cafe - Belo HorizonteSuzanna Lubrano - Casa cheia com muitos Zoukeiros
















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ZOUK WORKSHOPS 17.10.2009

Zouk Workshops, Studio Dance Factory Kleice - PROGRAM WARSZTATÓW

















ZOUK WORKSHOPS 17 październik 2009 sobota
z Mistrzami Świata w Zouk Lambada –
Michaliną Podolską i Kamilem Boreckim
w Studio Dance Factory w Kielcach
ul. Jagiellońska 69 (obok stacji BP)


PROGRAM WARSZTATÓW:

10.00-11.00 INTRODUCTION TO ZOUK (dla wszystkich, którzy nigdy nie tańczyli zouka)
11.15-12.15 ZOUK FUNDAMENTALS (kontynuacja poprzednich zajęć - zouk dla początkujących)

12.15-14.00 przerwa

14.00-15.00 ZOUK COMBINATIONS (zoukowe wariacje)
15.15-16.15 ZOUK FLOW (wszystko o prowadzeniu i przepływie ruchu w zouku)

16.15-17.30 ZOUK PRACTISE GRATIS !!!
Zajęcia poprowadzą Mistrzowie Świata w Zouk Lambada Michalina Podolska i Kamil Borecki(mieliście możliwość spotkania i poznania ich umiejętności na Bachaturo 2009 w Warszawie).
FULL PASS - 100zł (4h zoukowego szaleństwa + practise pod okiem mistrzów GRATIS)
Pojedyńcze zajęcia – 40zł

UWAGA!!! Zajęcia odbywają się w parach.

SERDECZNIE ZAPRASZAMY !!!!
Informacje i zapisy: 888-509-939 602-687-868
michalina-kamil@wp.pl
sdf@studiodf.eu
http://www.studiodf.eu/
http://www.michalina-kamil.blogspot.com/

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Thursday 10 September 2009

Suzanna Lubrano no Brasil!

Suzanna Lubrano a Diva do zouk no Brasil!Suzanna Lubrano no Brasil - ZoukAtitude 24 horas na internet


Zouk Movel Sampa no parque Ibirapuera

http://www.zoukatitude.com.br/




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Wednesday 9 September 2009

Zouk em Cabo Frio - RJ

CABO ZOUK

26 a 27 de setembro

Zouk em Cabo Frio - RJ - Núcleo de Dança Allan Lobato

Informações:

Núcleo de Dança Allan Lobato
Tel.: (22) 2644-3233 / 9271-6398



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Monday 7 September 2009

First and sole Zouk Lambada instructors in Poland !!!

Salsa, Bachata, Zouk - Poland
Michalina Podolska & Kamil Borecki - IDO World Champions in Zouk








They are professional dancers with 13-year experience. They have been dancing together for 4 years.They specialize in preparing performances and shows. They are pioneers in Zouk in Poland, and in Bachata and Merengue in Kielce where they now teach those dances in the Studio Dance Factory. They teach the best polish dance couples and formation at the same time traveling around the world representing Poland at Salsa, Bachata,Zouk and Merengue championships. They twice won Polish Championships in Bachata (Gniezno'08 Wolomin'09) and they are actual IDO World Champions in Zouk. Now they want to share their experience and knowledge with Bachata and Zouk lovers.As instructors they are know for their sense of humor and professionalism.

http://michalina-kamil.blogspot.com/

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Sunday 6 September 2009

Akon and Zouk

I do believe that there are a lot of influences in Akon's work and zouk for me is one of them. I tend to use a lot of Akon's work in my classes.

Lindale

Friday 4 September 2009

Articles on Zouk and Hot Clips......... Does Akon (RnB Artist) really sing Zouk?

Hi All,

I found a couple of great articles on Zouk and Kizomba that I wanted to share with you.


This one goes into some detail about the view on zouk music, and also includes a map of where the music is mostly known and a few comments on the topic also.

In English.

http://theelephantschild.blogspot.com/2008/12/zouk.html

You can also have a look at Zouk Machines video clip for the song Maldon, a classic. One of the songs that used to play heaps in Porto Seguro when I was there many years ago.

The author also goes on to mention hearing zouk influences in Akons music whilst still being influenced by both RnB and Hip Hop.

A few comments on this blog are quite interesting. and theres quite alot of interesting articles on various genres of music.

http://theelephantschild.blogspot.com/



Theres is also another I discovered written in Portuguese about minority genres.


http://raizeseantenas.blogspot.com/2006/08/zouk-kizomba-som-da-kabilia-gneros.html

If you'd like to translate this page to the language of your choice visit:

http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en



Visit this link for some cool Kizomba, Latin and RnB videos uploaded by a French Guy, originally from Madeira Island, there is an option to translate the site on the actual page, look for the little flags.

http://madereacores.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html


To find out more about Portugal, Madeira and Acores Islands and see the beauty of those Islands have a look at the photos on.


http://madereacores.blogspot.com/


A few modern Zouk and Zouk RnB Clips for you.

















You can now find all the updated information from this blog on http://www.zouklambada.com/events.asp

If you'd like this feed on your website, or any other web related service, get in touch with Leigh: leigh@cybersmart.co.za / leighdesignstudio.com

Apparently she is working on getting some zouk / kizomba related activities happening and exposed in South Africa, feel free to get in touch with her if you're looking at doing something in that region.

Enjoy your weekend, and i'll leave you with this.

Does Akon really sing Zouk? What do you think?

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