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Lambada & Brazilian Zouk

Roots, places and encounters.

Thirteen illustrated chapters tracing the movement of dance, its transformations and exchanges between practices.

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The French original is preserved unchanged. The chapters can be read in French, English and Polish.

1980–89Roots
1990–99Rio / M-Zouk
2000–09Networks
2010–19Hubs
2020–26Crossovers

Equal-width reading periods. An attestation does not establish when a style was created.

1980s–2026 · an overview of reference points

Shared roots, several paths

Places, music and encounters shape ways of dancing. These develop their own characteristics, evolve and intersect.

A history of branches and bridges.

Places

Brazil · Rio · Mallorca · Brisbane · London · Warsaw · Singapore · New York · Belém

Links and transmission

  • 1990s · account from 2015

    Bahia → Rio · lineage of practices

  • Early 1990s

    Brazil → Mallorca · Gegê

  • 2006, then July 2007

    Brazil → Sydney → Brisbane · Kadu & Larissa

  • 14–17 November 2007

    Rio → São Paulo · guest teachers

  • 2008–2009

    Rio ↔ Porto · exchanges of practices

  • 2017

    Brazil → London · Renato

  • After the 2017 stay · year unknown

    London → Warsaw · Renato

  • December 2017 and October 2018

    Rio → Singapore · SoulZouk transmission

  • 20–24 July 2023 · announced programme

    Brazil → New York · invitation to Iago & Vanessa

  • 2019 study; earlier exchanges without precise dates

    Rio → Belém · learning and reinterpretation

Sources and limits

Bahia → Rio · lineage of practices · Renata’s account of a lineage of practices; no individual Bahia–Rio journey is inferred.

Source 1

Brazil → Mallorca · Gegê · Early 1990s, according to participants’ accounts; departure city and M-Zouk’s creation date are not established.

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Brazil → Sydney → Brisbane · Kadu & Larissa · 2006, then July 2007; dance scenes already existed in Australia. Departure city in Brazil unknown.

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Rio → São Paulo · guest teachers · 14–17 November 2007: workshops and shows reported in the contemporary press. This is not SoulZouk’s creation date.

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Rio ↔ Porto · exchanges of practices · 2008–2009: observed exchanges and hybridisation. The two-way link represents practices, rather than flights.

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Brazil → London · Renato · 2017: work in London recounted in the biography. No creation date for Urban is retained.

Source 1

London → Warsaw · Renato · After the 2017 stay in London: the sequence is known, but the exact year of the move is unknown.

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Rio → Singapore · SoulZouk transmission · 2017–2018: China’s hosted visits in Singapore. The link concerns a method; no actual departure from Rio is demonstrated.

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Brazil → New York · invitation to Iago & Vanessa · 20–24 July 2023 programme: artists announced as coming from Brazil, departure city unknown. Invitation and teaching bridges; delivery of each class has not been verified.

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Rio → Belém · learning and reinterpretation · A learning connection studied by Costa. 2019 dates the research, rather than a journey or the dance’s arrival.

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The links are qualitative: they do not measure dancer numbers or community intensity. Approach names are reference points, and their boundaries remain debated.