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Part 2 of 2 with Christina Montoya, Anna Russa & Joanna zwierzyńska. 
Straight into the nitty gritty of it! We ask the all important questions about the differences between male and female artists, and how they're treated. Sharing their stories and advice with Let's Talk Zouk Host Ricky Fox. We hope you all enjoy :)

Sooo excited to get this podcast out to the world! 
Introducing not one, not two but three highly respected and talented international artists on this weeks episode - Christina Montoya, Anna Russa & Joanna zwierzyńska. 
These female artists are extremely strong, resilient, confident and fierce - In this two-part masterpiece, they shares their insights, experiences, concerns & loves within the Brazilian Zouk community. Hosted by Let's Talk Zouk Host Ricky Fox - Enjoy! 

Welcome to 2020 and another fantastic season of 'Let's Talk Zouk'! 
We're kicking off with an incredible episode from the extremely talented and wonderful world renown choreographer, teacher and performer; Alisson Sandi.
If you are trying to grow your community, lacking inspiration or motivation... Then this episode is for you! We hope you all enjoy - we certainly did :-)
Ricky & Pedrinho x

Finally, we managed to nail down Kadu to be on the show! Considering he only found Brazilian Zouk in his early twenties, he has become a huge icon and influencer in the dance scene - known for his incredible partnership with Larissa Thayane and their unique choreography skills and teaching around the world. One of the directors of the Brazilian Zouk Council and a catalyst in growing the scene. We are more than honoured to have him open up to us on this weeks Let's Talk Zouk.

Walter has quickly become one of the top dancers in the Brazilian Zouk scene and is now a very successful travelling artist in his own right. 
Full of humour and energy we explore his journey and his philosophies surrounding dance and life. 
Another great listen, and we thank you all so much for joining us.

What can we say about Carlos? For anyone that's ever done a class with him knows how fun they are! Always with a huge smile on his cheeky face, it's no wonder that he is loved all around the world. 

Partners with Fernanda, they are the perfect couple and a huge catalyst in growing Brazilian Zouk around the world. They run Prague Zouk Congress, one of our favourite events of the year.. If you haven't been.. go! 

We talk about his journey through dance, how he built his global brand and his plans for the future.

We are so honoured to have the amazing Larissa Thayane on the show today - Known and respected as one of the most experienced and knowledgable Zouk artists in our community, and a constant force in pushing the boundaries within the dance. 

Not only an inspiration to all, she is a huge influencer in progressing and growing our dance throughout the world. She founded the Brazilian Zouk Dance Council (BZDC) in 2014, with the aim to support and promotes all aspects of Brazilian Zouk. 

We speak with her in depth about the future of Zouk, and how competitions (love them or hate them) is changing the scene as we know it...

On this weeks show we talk with Arthur Santos - Dance partner of Layssa Liebscher. 
Based in Austrailia he shares with us his dance journey and how he went from not having enough money to afford accommodation or to even eat at events to quickly becoming one of the most respected Brazilian Zouk Artists on the scene. 
In this podcast Arthur shares some very personal and sensitive information about his past, and really opens up, we respect and love him for doing this. 

In this weeks podcast we are super privileged to be speaking with the incredibly talented Eglantine. She explains to UKDC hosts Ricky & Pedrinho how she found Brazilian Zouk quite late in life, and how she became an established Zouk professional through her Partnership with Bruno Galhardo.
Not only is she a trained professional in many dances, she also has a very strong focus on the relationship between the mind, body & spirit which she explains in detail to us.

On the first official Let's Talk Zouk podcast we speak in depth with the brilliant William Teixeira on how he became one of the most well-known and respected Zouk artists on the planet.

Interviewed by Pedrinho Mattos & Ricky Fox of UKDC - William talks to us about how he found Brazilian Zouk and what inspired him to become a teacher and launch the spectacular 'Madrid Zouk Bachata Congress'. 

He openly shares advice to dancers wanting to improve and his thoughts on how the scene is growing and what he thinks the future holds for Brazilian Zouk.

We're super excited to finally welcome you to our 'Let's Talk Zouk Podcast' - We have so many amazing Zouk artists, influencers & members of the community coming together from across the world, talking to us about their incredible journeys through dance.

A huge hello from your hosts Pedrinho Mattos & Ricky Fox from London's premier Zouk school; UKDC.

Our goal is to share the love, inspire our listeners and help grow the Brazilian Zouk community worldwide.

Catch us next week for the first official podcast with special guest William Teixeira.

Thank you all so much for listening x