


It is a dance originating from the lambada, but more adapted movements to the tempo of the music.

In the setback, it is the characteristic movement of zouk: one swing or a winding movement (wave) known as snake. Aside from a style that uses only the head of time, generally between the heads also marks the gap therebetween, in what is called setback (eg samba) – labeled called 1.2. Zouk is danced by moving basically the head of tempos (which many dance teachers simply call time). Zouk is a dance practiced today in every continent, being spread through the whole world professionals. The characteristic steps influencing that were created are the basic step going front and back (from Samba de Gafieira ), the opening and lateral step (from Bolero ), elastic and bonus (also called boomerang in Europe). It was developed and first taught by Adilio Porto and Renata Peçanha in Brazil’s dance school for Brazilian couple dances of Jaime Arôxa. Traditional zouk style was first developed in Ilha Dos Pescadores in Rio de Janeiro around the mid 90’s when Lambada songs stopped being composed.
