Urbankiz dance at Sportunity Halle

How to register?

Nothing's easier:
1. Download the app and create a profile
Ios: it's here
Android: it's over there

2. Join Urbankiz's group and easily find activities
Urbankiz' group: Here
If you are interested in all types of dances, you can join as well the group of dancers from the Halle to access the dance activities of all the teachers (rock, zumba, hip-hop, freestyle and those of urbankiz ...): link of the group

Once the group (s) join, you just have to choose and book on the application the activities tab that you like.
For any questions, please contact Laura via whatsapp support only: 076 265 33 11 or call us on 021 323 29 29
Email: info@sportunity.ch

What is the urbankiz dance?

Urbankiz is a derivative of kizomba, an Angolan couple's dance also called "African tango".

It was by gaining popularity and by traveling in Portuguese-speaking countries, notably in Cape Verde (with the appearance of the ghetto zouk), then in Europe, that a new style of kizomba was born, finally detaching itself from the cultural milieu. of it. The music has gradually acquired more urban influences (as its name suggests) and the dance has logically evolved following this trend.

Today, both music and dance are constantly enriched by very multiple influences. For example, we see dancers evolve into urbankiz on afrobeats, RnB, etc. and many dancers incorporate techniques or steps that come from other couple dances (integration of steps or Argentine tango techniques, for example), or solo dances (integration of hip hop techniques, such as isolations).

The music, posture and attitude can therefore be quite far from Angolan kizomba, but the basic steps remain similar. Urbankiz is truly a fusion of different techniques and styles.

A few words about the two professors who will teach the course:

Marlène and Jeancy are a couple of dancers who come from different worlds: classical dance and modern jazz for Marlène; hip-hop, afro and dancehall for Jeancy. They practiced these dances before discovering kizomba and more particularly urbankiz, the urban version of kizomba. They like to use this varied technical and artistic background and integrate it into their dance, as well as their teaching.

Marlène is a language teacher by training, and it is a passion for her to pass on skills and knowledge to others. As for Jeancy, he has a great ability to observe, detect the strengths and weaknesses of the dancers, and to give personalized advice to each one.

Marlène and Jeancy trained in kizomba and urbankiz in Switzerland and Paris, and each gave lessons on their own, before uniting to share their passion together, first in private lessons, then in public. Their credo is that you never stop learning, and they continue to train, learning in particular to change roles, going from leader to follower, and vice versa.

It is therefore a new adventure that begins for them and they are delighted to be able to help dancers, beginners or more experienced, to progress in this dance.

They know the importance of basic techniques (posture, posture, guidance, reactivity, connection, walking, basic steps), and want to insist on this in class, to allow students to obtain a solid foundation in order to then develop their dance, their style and their musicality according to their personal influences. This is the richness of the urbankiz!

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