Zouk Weekend hosted by Nhat and GIgi

Please contact Nhat if you have any questions.

W&I are coming to Austin for a weekend filled with Zouk! They will be teaching 6 hours of workshops plus 1 hour of guided pratica where you can social dance and we will provide feedback. We will have socials every night! Hope to see you all there!

Locations:
Esquina Tango - 209 Pedernales St, Austin, TX 78702
Austin Uptown Dance - 8868 Research Blvd #706, Austin, TX 78758

Bio: Latin dance professionals William Teixeira and Irene Silvia started dancing in Madrid, Spain in 2018 and started traveling together.

William started dancing in 2006 at Alex de Carvalho's school, and has the worked primarily on Zouk. As a dancer, choreographer and teacher, he worked in Londrina, Brazil for two years in Ritt school of dance and was also part of CIA Ritt. Here, he studied Brazilian ballroom dances, ballet and jazz. He has participated in television programs and for 5 years was part of a main group of samba school in Rio de Janeiro's carnival.

Irene Silvia Conesa started her career at 7 years old. The beginning of dance journey started with ballroom dances where she conquered a lot of championships through years of training by Valery Ivanov, Pietro Braga and Frederick Mossa. After 11 years of success in ballroom, she decided to start training new rhythms like salsa, bachata and kizomba with many different teachers and working at festivals.

Since 2018, they have been dancing, teaching and performing together. Nowadays they are based in Madrid - Spain, where they are working to improve the growth of a kizomba, bachata and zouk community, with classes, workshops and their Madrid Zouk Bachata Congress.

Jobs:

Brisbane Latin Dance Festival (Australia), To Dance Latin Festival (Italy), Sensual Day (Washington DC), Zouk Bachata Weekend (Houston), Madrid Zouk Bachata Congress (Spain), Zouk Kizomba Weekend (Spain), Madrid Latin Sur Festival (Spain), ZoukKiz Bachata Convention (Canada)

DJs: TBA

Schedule:

Friday, 6/24 @ Esquina Tango
9-10PM - Guided Pratica with W&I and Gigi and Nhat
10PM-2AM - Social

Saturday, 6/25 @ Austin Uptown Dance
7-10PM - Workshops with W&I
10PM-2AM - Social

Sunday, 6/26 @ Austin Uptown Dance
1-4PM - Workshops with W&I
4-8PM - Social

Ticket Pricing:
Early bird - $130 (only 5 available) SOLD OUT
April 1 - $140
April 15 - $150
May 1 - $160
May 15 - $170
June 1 - $180
June 15 - $190

Please contact Nhat to purchase tickets. We take payments through cash, venmo or paypal.

venmo: @nhat-h
paypal: nhathho@utexas.edu

All tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred at price purchased.

PRIVATES! They will also be available for private lessons. Please reach out to Nhat if you would like to book one with them.

Covid Policy: Masking optional but preferred.