Start dancing, sharpen your sensitivity and perfect your dance technique with our regular kizomba classes.
At NuKiz we offer regular kizomba courses for all levels, taught directly by our collective. We use our own methodology, based on a set of techniques and principles learned over many years of experience in different dance disciplines and collectives. These learnings come through play, touch, active participation, listening and group and partner dynamics.
They're organised as immersive sessions held every two weeks (2 days a month). They're split by level and equal one month at a regular dance school.
This way we combine theory, practice and social dancing to adapt style, connection, energy… and correct each person's technique and bad habits. Classes for higher levels are more experimental and focus on psycho-physical control and style, tricks, listening and musicality.
“I've seen kizomba videos and I love it, but I don't even know what the basic steps are. I want to learn to dance from the very beginning so I can get by on the dance floor and pass for someone who knows a thing or two.”
“Basics, saídas and vírgula: mastered. I hear the beat and off I go! But I want to do elaborate figures, syncopations and tricks so I can dance endless songs in a row and feel confident.”
“I already know how to dance. I want to perfect my technique, the leads and how to read them. Learn complex steps, footwork and fresh tricks for socials.”
“I want to go beyond dance steps. I'm interested in fine-tuning sensitivity, connection and the embrace.”
Content: mind-body work, douceur and tarraxa, relaxation exercises, intra- and interpersonal connection, role switching, dissociation and active listening.
Tarraxo from scratch.
NU.3 levels are designed for specific training. To join, you need to have mastered the previous NUs or have an intermediate level of urban or fusion.
Pre-register for free with no commitment, or join our WhatsApp group.
Not at all. Just tell us which role you'd like to learn: leader if you'd rather interpret the music and turn it into steps, or follower if you'd rather let yourself be led and try to understand what the leader proposes. You can always repeat the workshops in the other role to round out your learning and enjoy the dance floor twice as much.
We like dancing in thin-soled sneakers (Victoria-style), but if you've mastered dancing and balancing in heels, that's not a problem. It is important to come freshly showered and bring a spare T-shirt. Keep in mind we'll be dancing close, and there are body odours we may not notice that can make the other person uncomfortable.
If you've never danced at all, great: you have no bad habits to work on or unlearn. Don't worry about feeling embarrassed, self-conscious or unsure, that's normal… and you should have seen us when we started!
If you've danced other disciplines before, that's great too, because your brain is already primed for dance and body work. We'll take all the technique you already have and adapt it to kizomba. We also come from other dances, so we'll “translate” for you what carries over from each discipline and what doesn't.
Classes follow a flexible format. Each group gets its own communication channel (WhatsApp, for example), and a few days before class we ask who's coming. That way we make sure the class is balanced (leader-follower), and if you can't come, you don't pay for that class.
Yes, as long as you let us know in advance so the group stays balanced, or if someone else in the class happens to want to switch too. In the social part, we encourage you to try it, loosen up and switch roles if you feel like it.
Our classes and intensives are for adults, so we consider 16 the minimum recommended age. As a rule there's no maximum, except for sessions where we work on drags, lifts (portés) or acrobatics.
No. We simply make clear the foundations our project and philosophy are built on. We start from inclusion, diversity and respect, and we steer clear of the traditional stereotypes that live on in scenes like dance. To sign up, all you need is an open mind, to choose the role or roles you want to learn, the will to learn, to challenge your mind and body, have fun and meet people.
