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Joe
Joe

Joseph Koniak is one of the leading authorities on Salsa and Lambada in the UK today. Having trained in all aspects of dance at the London Contemporary School of Dance, Joseph brings a unique style to the world of Latin rhythms.Joseph started dancing at a young age and since becoming a professional dancer has performed and choreographed all over the world. He has been involved in many different projects, ranging from musical theatre to solo dance productions , television and film. Winner of the World Lambada Championships in 1994, he then also became the first officially recognised winner of the UK World Salsa Championships in 1997 and then again in both 1999 and 2001. Qualified with the UK Alliance, Joseph is also a highly respected teacher and he is known for his inspiring teaching techniques, generating enthusiasm and self-belief in his students.

 
Bella
Bella

Bella has been dancing since she was a child; she started with Ballet at the Royal Academy of Dance (UK) and continued with contemporary, salsa and modern as part of her performing arts studies. She has been dancing Zouk-Lambada for nearly five years and was taught by Berg and inspired by Solange. Bella has been performing and teaching with Berg at international dance congresses and workshops since 2005, such as; the 2nd Lambazouk Congress in Barcelona (2006), Dansabrasil's 3rd Lambazouk Congress in Barcelona (2007), the 3rd Cizoub Congress in Brasilia (2008) and Brazil's Zouk Congress in Sao Paulo (2008). Bella is the Co-director of Berg's Zouk-Lambada Congresses in Porto Seguro, Brazil and has seen most of the Lambada scene that's exists today. Bella is a creative, sensual and powerful dancer.

 
Josy
Josy

JOSY was born in Porto Seguro, cradle of the lambada. She's been dancing for 19 years, not only in Brazil but in countries such as China, Chile, Argentina, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain and some more, spreading the lambada and other Brazilian rythms like axé, samba and forró. She is considered to be one of the best dancers of LambaZouk in the world. Nowadays she lives in Spain working as a teacher of Latin and Brazilian dances and doing spectacles. With her way of dancing she captives and magnetizes everyone who sees her.

 
Pasty
Pasty

Dancing with a style as only he can, Pasty brings a new flavor into the Caribbean dances.
Starting on the Caribbean island of Curacao, Pasty’s dancing career involves a wide array of different dances, from the local Tambu to the Brazialian Zouk on which he now focuses his main attention. In his 13 years of professional dance experience Pasty has worked with the most respected zouk and salsa artists and developed a unique dancing and teaching style.
Currently Pasty teaches and performs under his own name Pasty Dance and for Zouklovers in the Netherlands, where Pasty is a famous face in the Zouk scene. He performed at the 2nd Brasazouk congress in Amsterdam and won 2nd place at the Brasazouk lambada/zouk competition in 2005. Furthermore he has performed and taught at numerous national congresses and parties.
As an artist Pasty values emotion, technique, innovation, body movement and musicality, both in his shows and his classes. His classes are full of energy, so his students have to be prepared to work it! In his shows he always aims to add something new to the dance and create a mixture between the traditional Caribbean dance and his own interpretation of what the dance could be. Pasty is very well known for his innovative style and supple movements. He keeps surprising his students and audiences.

 
Gabi
Gabi

Gabi discovered the Brazilian dances thanks to Rita Stylus, in the year 1999 in Samba Brasil an exótic place in Barcelona were people could dance Axé, Pagode, Samba and Lambada.Some years later, with the Fabio's arrival to Barcelona in 2001, with the Zouk music from Argentina and his style from Porto Seguro, he fell in love even more with this dance, and and he continued his training with Fabio.Gabi became excited with this rhythm after his participation in several international congresses like Barcelona 04, Porto Seguro 05, Amsterdam, 05, 06, 07, DansaBrasil 06, 07, 08 and Porto Seguro 09.Gabi is member of the DansaBrasil team, as organizer, dancer and choreographer, realizing the dansabrasil shows 07, 08, both with his great friend Xavi.He's also member of ZoukLambada BCN group since the year 08, as a teacher giving classes in Zich, Barrio Latino, and in the Coreographic courses In last Berg's Congress was an active teacher in Xavi & Laura's workshops with ZoukLambada Bcn, and was in their show too.

 
Zulu
Zulu

Josy's dance partner. We will publish more information as soon as we get more details

 
Solange
solange

Solange is a native dancer from Brasil, and is recognized in the world of zouk Lambada as one of the most sort after dancers of today!Solange experience has expanded almost two decades, with a reputation known worldwide for her incredible passion, both for her teaching and her breathtaking performances.
Her passion for dance illuminates whether she is teaching or performing, with out a doubt there is no equal!
Seeing is believing!

 
David
Vicky David

David was born in Barcelona twenty years ago. His dance began at fifteen, when he starts to dance lambada in Barcelona. After that he learn more and more, and in 2005 he participated with Laura in the zouk/lambada international contest in Holland and they won. Then the real lambada life starts, and after that, they participate in congresses as a teacher like the DansaBrasil congress in Barcelona, the Uppsala salsa congress in Sweden, and more (London, Amsterdam, Pontin’s ...).
He is in the DansaBrasil organization for the lambada congress in Barcelona, a new mundial reference for the lambada dancers.
David already dances salsa since seventeen, and he won the second prize of an amateur competition in Barcelona. Now he is dancing in the world known salsa company called “Salsa del Barrio”, and teaching classes of salsa and lambada in Barcelona.

 
Gilson Damasco
Gilson Damasco

Gilson Damasco was born in Sao Paulo, Brasil. In 1990 he was introduced to Lambada Zouk and fell in love with this dance immediately. Gilson became a pioneer of Lambada Zouk in Argentina, where on 1991 he started to teach for the first time. As a result of his efforts, Lambada Zouk soon became the favorite dance for many Argentineans. Gilson taught at various international dance congress, like: During last years Gilson have been teaching and performing in many other countries, between them Brasil,United Kingdom,Germany,Switzerland, Spain and Israel. This year Gilson working, teaching, performing and choreographing in Holland, as a part of his mission to spread Lambada Zouk all over Europe.

 
Berg
Berg

Berg Dias is a Brazilian dancer and instructor of Lambada. He holds a professional teaching qualification from the UK Alliance and has been performing and teaching to a high standard for 18 years along with his two sisters, Solange and Magda Dias.
Many of their students have reached a professional level and won dance competitions. He has been giving classes at Danceworks in London for 14 years and had promoted Lambada around the world by giving lessons and doing shows in many different countries. He has performed on MTV and most recently on the BBC with Simply Red for Strictly Come Dancing. Berg's dance group, Viva Brazil, has performed all over the UK.

 
XaviZouk
Xavi

…He knows the lambadazouk in the year 1999, through the fault of Laura. But really, when he falls in love with this dance, it'is in Berg's congress, In PORTO SEGURO, in the year 2004/5. From there, he takes part in the 2nd international contest of lambadazouk in Amsterdam 2006. A sickly passion is born at the time for this dance and his music. From this moment and with Laura's help, he begins an intense study of the technologies of dance and musicality. With several demonstrations and shows for different discos, musical bars,… his vocation finds … the diffusion and education of this sensual and wonderful dance, and starts giving lessons in the year 2005 in PUERTO DEL MASNOU, BARENOSTRUM, BAJA BEACH CLUB, and nowadays in ZICH (Puerto Olímpico de Barcelona), musical Bar (+QCOPAS) , and Barrio Latino. Year after year, he is acquiring experience as choreographer, both in couple and in group, realizing the choreography lambadazouk DANSABRASIL 07, and 08, together with the friend and teacher Gabi. Also he experiments as DJ, (dj xavizouk) in Dansabrasil's different parties and nowadays in Zich.Recently he takes part as teacher in the congress of BERG'S and Co, in Porto Seguro, Brasil with Laura as couple and the team ZoukLambada BCN, composed by friends and professionals of this dance (LAURA, NURIA, HELOISA, GABI, EDU, DAVID and GABI). XaviZouk, idea and create the DANSABRASIL TEAM, which there is born in the congress of Amsterdam 2005 astonished by the congress at Claudia and your brilliant team Brasazouk … From there, a group of friends and companions of dance, together, they make possible, every year that our dream is a reality … the best dancers of the world of the lambadazouk in Barcelona !!

 
Laura
Laura

Laura Español was born in Barcelona (Spain). She started to dance Lambada thanks to her passion for Brazilian music and to her sister Nuria, who initiated her to it. She performs Samba, Axé, Lambada, Zouk shows and animations also she gives lessons in DIR gym of those kinds of dances, although she works in Marketing and Advertising. She has worked in the top clubs in Barcelona: “Palacio de la Salsa”, “Antilla”, “Bikini”, ”Baja Beach”, “Agua de Luna”, “Celebrity-Zich”, “Ball Center”, “Off- Dance”, “ Roxy”… as well as in Hotels such as “Hotel Juan Carlos I”. She won along David Cascón the 2nd Zouk/Lambada's Competition at the Brazilian Dances 05-06 Congress. Also she belongs to the group LambAxeBCN. She is a member DansaBrasil BCN association. During the past 10 years she has worked to expand Lambada in Barcelona giving lessons at "La Fiesta del Puerto BCN” all Sundays organized by ZoukLambadaBCN (Coreografic and organizer of parties and events and also they are taking care of "La Fiesta del Puerto in Masnou”. She has been guest at events and congresses in Cadiz, Ibiza, London, Amsterdam, Sweden and Brazil sharing classes and Shows with her big Lambada models; Gilson, Braz, Renato Dias, Josy, Rominita and Xavi, my love. Her goal is to teach and expand this dance, the contact with the people and pupils’ evolution keeps her going on.

 
Nuria Axé
Nuria Axé

Nuria is Spanish by birth, but has a Brazilian heart. She met Brazilian rhythms in 1997 and immediately began taking classes of lambada until 1999.
Since then she has not stopped dancing, not only zouk and lambada, Samba and especially focus in axè which is an enthusiastic specialist.
She has performed in lots of animation events,discos, nightclubs, campsites, hotels, etc.. with the Barnaxé group, which also included capoeira and batucada.
Now she is currently a member of the group of animation Lambaxé Bcn.
There is also a cheerleader "Porto do Brazil", Masnou (Barcelona) for 4 years, where she teaches lambada Level 1 and 2,classes already provided in "Esportiu Claror" and "Celebrity" Trendy clubs in the Olympic Port of our city.
She has recently won the 3rd. award in the 2nd contest lambada / zouk in Amsterdam. Talking about Nuriaxé is feeling Brazil.

 
Laia
Laia

LAIA was born in Barcelona (Spain) in 1985, and has done all kinds of dancing during her life, but in 2000 she fell in love with the word of Brasilian dancing and she started to do Samba, Capoeira, Lambada and Axé shows in Brasilian bars and discos and privet parties. She was the first teacher with most success of Lambada/Zouk in Barcelona (six years ago) together with Hernán (a teacher from Argentina) , and further on she also gave Samba and Axé classes. Now a days, Laia still does shows and classes of Lambada/Zouk (with Papagaio) and Samba-Axé, she also gives Fitness classes, goes to University and is the treasurer of “Dansa Brasil Bcn Asosiation”

 
Papagaio
Papagaio

Gabriel Papagaio is Teacher and DJ of Lambada/Zouk recognized in the Brazilian world of Barcelona. He was the first DJ to put ZOUK music in Barcelona; and he devised to do the first Lambada/Zouk classes in Barcelona with Hernan and Laia. He works with the support of "Esportiu Rocafort", "Así se Baila" Dance School , "Bye Bye Brasil" pub, Eu Amo Brasil Grup, "DJ's en Directo" Group, "Seven Dance" dance school, Cultour Music Group, and others... giving classes of Capoeira, Lambada-Zouk and Samba-Axé, also in International Congresses, discotheques, private parties and workshops. He is degreed in Physical Education, Method Pilates and Physiotherapy. Great experience with good references realizing shows and animation of Samba, Batucada, Capoeira, Axé, Lambada, Latin dances, Dj, etc ... in several types of events and parties in Spain, specially in Catalonia. Also been Dj in concerts with "Harmonia do Samba", "Banda Calypso", "Jeito Muleque", and won the 1 º Prize in the ' Contest of Brazilian DJ's 2006 ' organized by the "Baja Beach" discotheque. He gives Lambada classes following a good methodology with his couple Laia, and is part of DansaBrasil Bcn organization.

 

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