Dance IM Performances
Experience the Art of Brazilian Zouk in Motion
At Dance IM, Izzy and Steve craft performances that weave together a theme or story, inviting you to experience Brazilian Zouk in a uniquely artistic way.
Watch the videos to see how movement and music create a narrative that’s open to interpretation. As you explore each show, read the accompanying blurb to learn about the inspiration behind the piece, but remember, every viewer may see something different.
That very diversity of interpretation is what makes these performances truly special.
Open hands
2018
Inspired by the line of the song - Open hands are hard to hold, Izzy and Steve created this piece with the concept in mind - you can’t connect or help someone until they’re ready.
Watch the journey across the stage from left to right as a concept of past and future. Something happens in the past and the girl can’t let it go. The boy tries to help her move on, but it’s not until she makes peace with it (the final time she approaches the left) and turns to him that they can both more forward into the future.
2018. Song: Open Hands, Ingrid Michaelson
The lovers that went wrong
2017
This piece is about disconnection. Two lovers desperately trying to connect, and never getting through. It’s about the pain we can cause each other and the madness that ensues, about a love that destroys rather than creates.
Lyrics - “Setting fire to our insides for fun : It was a flood that wrecked this home : And you caused it.”
2017. Song: Youth, Daughter. Dancers Izzy Washington and Reza Semnani.
After creating the performance piece Izzy saw this sculpture which also seems to convey this feeling.
Sculpture by Ukranian Artist Alexander Milov.
Mirror
2019
“Didn’t think that love meant you could be so f*ing mean”
Inspire by this line and others, this piece starts with a girl staring and fighting with her reflection in the mirror.
What she sees breaks free and becomes a monster. It takes control of her and she descends into madness with a fight and a submission. The costumes representing the sticky darkness growing upwards to swollow her whole.
Towards the end, she starts to realise the monster is herself and she takes control, but the monster is too strong.
She ends up stuck in the mirror, herself a reflection… (Dark hey!).
Click here to watch a performance filmed front-on for the full mirror experience.
2019. Song: Nomad by Oriental Cravings.
Brief and beautiful…
2021 & 2022
A joyous piece of two people meeting over a daisy. The flower represents the wonders of life that we are often too busy to notice.
This piece was inspired by enduring the longest covid lockdown in the world (Melbourne) and being forced more than ever to find happiness in the little things in life.
2021 & 2022. Song: Brief And Beautiful, by Fahrenhaidt
Ready to try something new? Zouk could be exactly what you are looking for!
Brazilian Zouk is more than just a dance – it’s movement, music, connection, and a whole lot of fun.
Come see what it’s all about with a free class in Fitzroy or Abbotsford. No partner or experience needed – just bring yourself.