Welcome to Cloud9Zouk Weekender Mid Year Ball 2023🧡

This is a weekend full of dancing, learning and reconnecting. Every year in June, Cloud9Zouk celebrates our beautiful Zouk Community that we have here in Brisbane & around Australia & NZ by putting on our Mid Year Ball.😍

In 2023, we are expanding and bringing new Ideas to our event, making it better, bigger and more awesome but keeping the same friendly feel there. 

Save the date and join us with another marathon weekend of dancing with inspiring workshops, epic parties, fun and friends! This year’s Cloud 9 Zouk Mid Year Ball weekend will be taking place from Thur 29th June - Sun 2nd July 2023.  

So we have added a night to warm everyone up for the weekend, as well as bringing on a new concept to add some more spice to the event! 

Here are some details about our new and exciting additions & a bit about what to expect for this year at our Cloud9 Mid Year Ball…. and …  Zouk Championship! :

• Yes, that’s right! We are bringing a new Zouk Championship element to our Australian & NZ Zouk scene ✨🤩👏 (read more below) 
• Our Mid Year Ball weekend is this year extending to 4 marathon nights of dancing, as well as an extra day of workshops. 😍
• We are again excited to bring a unique International Couple to add to our longstanding & wonderful line up of national artists 💖
• Intensive Courses opportunities are still a part of our weekend and will be taking place on the Sunday 🌟
• We are making sure this event is still a relaxed and super sociable one, with many opportunities to hang out with friends and enjoy Brisbane. 🤗

So, let's have a BIG weekend of dancing and fun with all of our dancing friends new & old! ✨💃🕺🌟

Stay tuned for further announcements! 🤩

ARTISTS:

👉 International Artists ✨

💫Nina & Matheus | São Paulo, Brazil

👉National Artists for 2023: ✨

💫Behrouz | Brisbane

💫Juliana & Rafael | Brisbane

💫Izzy & Steve | Melbourne

💫Stephy & JoJo | Adelaide

💫Sunny & Heidi | Sydney

💫Jiten & Riana | Perth

💫David & Alana | |Sydney

💫Jeff & Sara | Sydney

💫Joe & Jenna | Byron Bay

🧑‍⚖️Judges for Zouk Strictly Freestyles and Zouk Championship:

👩‍💻Nina & Matheus

👩‍💻Juliana & Rafael

👩‍💻Kylie Roots

👩‍💻Sunny & Heidi

👩‍💻Jeff & Sara

👩‍💻Riana & Jiten

👩‍💻Karen Rutherfoord

👩‍💻Joseph Nutt

DJs 🎵🎶✨ :

🎧 DJ Double B (Aka Behrouz)

🎧 DJ Matheus

🎧 DJ Alexy

🎧 DJ Elvis

🎧 DJ Ajella (Aka AJ & Helen)

🎧 DJ Pasindu

🎧 DJ Jeff

🎧 DJ Tayler

🎧 DJ Panda (Aka Jimmy)

🎧 DJ Grevo (Aka Matthew)

🎧 DJ Devv

Videographers & Photographers: 

📽️  Roman Balìtskiy | Brisbane

📽️  Bryan Jeremias Llaneza | Melbourne

📷  Bob McGahan | Brisbane

📷📽️Behrouz | Brisbane 

📅 DATE:

Thur 29th June - Sun 2nd July 2023

⏲ TIMES:

 ✨Welcome Dinner! :

> Thursday 5.30 - 7.30pm ....... El Comina Cantina -  - SPECIAL - 1/2 Price Fajitas Night

All Gas Buildilng, 153 Stanley St, South Bank

🕺💃 PARTIES & SOCIAL DANCING! : 

 

> Friday 30th ........ 9pm - 3.00am 

> Saturday 1st .... 9pm - 3:00am 

> Sunday 2nd ...... 9pm - 3:00am

🧾 WORKSHOPS ✨ : 

> Thursday Pre-party Workshops:

8 - 9pm  ......Open | Intermediate 

Note Intermediate pre-party workshop with Nina & Matheus is for Full Event Pass Ticket holders only, Open level is open to all.

> Friday Full Day Workshops:

10am - 11am ...... Intermediate | Intermediate | Advanced

11.10 - 12.10pm ...... Open | Intermediate | Advanced

12.10 - 1:30pm   ...... Break for Lunch (** Competitor's Info session in Studio C at start of lunch break ** )

1:30 - 2:30 pm   ...... Open | Intermediate | Advanced

2:40 - 3:40 pm    ...... Intermediate | Advanced

3:45 - 5:45 pm    ...... FREESTYLE Comp - Novice & Open (not including Professionals) - Strictly Freestyle Only Competition (Preliminaries)

> Saturday Full Day Workshops:

10am - 11am ...... Intermediate | Intermediate | Advanced

11.10 - 12.10pm ...... Open | Intermediate | Advanced

12.10 - 1:30pm   ...... Break for Lunch (Plenty of cafes within short walk from venue! 😋 )

1:30 - 2:30 pm   ...... Open | Intermediate | Advanced

2:40 - 3:40 pm    ......  Intermediate | Advanced

3:45 - 4:40 pm    ...... Novice & Open (not including Professionals) - Strictly Freestyle Only Competition (Semi Finals)

4:40 - 5:45 pm    ...... Zouk Championship (including Professional) - Freestyle Component

> Sunday Focus Workshops (1.5hrs, included in Full Event Pass):

NEW ADDITION TO SCHEDULE 🤩

11.00 - 12.30pm ...... Advanced level 'Focus' class with Rafael & Juliana

📜 Advanced 'Focus'Topic:  Bringing Lambada flavour into your Brazilian Zouk

* Note: Please be mindful of your Zouk experience level and also respect your fellow dancers and the class flow. We have Intermediate Intensive opportunity with Nina & Matheus for our Intermediate dancers. 🙂🙏)

 -- Lunch break 12:30 - 2:00pm -- 

2:00pm - 3:30pm   ...... Intermediate level 'Focus' class with Behrouz  & Alana

📜 Intermediate 'Focus' Topic:  A fun sequence to explore techniques... with a little Twist 😉

🌟 SUNDAY INTENSIVES 🌟

> Sunday Intensive Courses with International artists (optional extra workshops, requiring separate booking)

🌟 Note that Intensives attendees must hold either a Full Event Pass or Full Party Pass for Cloud9 Mid Year Ball in order to take part in opportunity.

10:30AM - 12:45 ….. 2HRS Intermediate Intensive course with Nina & Matheusl Artists (Pre-bookings recommended)

📜 Intermediate Topic: Head Motions Exploration " Tilted Turns "

 -- Lunch break 12:45 - 1:45pm -- 

2:00 PM - 4:15 ….. 2HRS Advanced Intensive course with Nina & Matheus (Pre-bookings recommended)

📜 Advanced Topic: Head Motions Exploration " Roasted Chicken "

* NOTE - Advanced level, please ensure your experience and training level is appropriate for this class. Intensives will be set at higher level than general workshops, and we assume dancers to be already comfortable with leading and following a range of head motions, tilted turns and rotisseries already. We may seek recommendation from your teachers to gauge.

FOLLOWED BY.... 

Sunday Pre-Party Drinks & Dinner!

Drinks & Dinner: Sunday 2nd July  

🥂 5.00- 7:00pm - Sunset Cocktails at Emporium Rooftop bar

Link: https://g.page/the-terrace-emporium?share

🥗 7.00 - 9:00 - Southbeach Restaurant in South Bank  

Link: https://g.page/the-terrace-emporium?share

🏆🏆🏆CLOUD9 ZOUK CHAMPIONSHIP: 🏆🏆🏆

Cloud9 Zouk is excited to bring in a new idea to our Mid Year Ball weekend, which is designed with the intention of helping to take our scene to the next level, in an exciting and fun & encouraging way. ✨🥳💃🕺🔝

Read more about it here:

https://www.cloud9zouk.com.au/cloud9zoukchampionship

COMPETITION DIVISIONS/FORMATS:

🕺💃 Freestyle Only & Freestyle/Showcase Championships

1. Freestyle Only, with 2 levels: 

> Novice category: Dancers with less than 3 years Brazilian Zouk classroom learning and dancing experience 

> Open category (not including Professionals): Any dancers from all levels, particularly those with more than 3 years Brazilian Zouk classroom learning and dancing experience 

2. Showcase & Freestyle Championship (including Professionals) - 1 level/category

> Open category: aimed at Upper levels dancers, including Professionals, to showcase a duet Choreography and Freestyle dance

* Competitors will only be able to participate in one of the divisionsformats, not in both. So will need to choose whether they compete in the Freestyle Only comp, or for more experienced and advanced level dancers, to train and showcase a duet Choreography along with their Freestyle.. 

Competitors also may not compete more than once, nor with different partners, so will need to choose 1 partner only to compete with in 1 division.

👉 Competition Entry Fees:

💰Novice Freestyle Only … $60 per Couple online, $70 on the day (Must have full event pass)

💰Open Freestyle Only  (not including Professional) … $70 per Couple, $80 on the day (Must have full event pass)

💰Open Showcase & Freestyle Championship (including Advanced/Professional)… $80 per Couple (registrations closing date TBC), Must have full event pass

👉 Prizes: (details TBC)

Novice Freestyle Only:

1st Place … Trophy & Festival Pass

2nd Place, 3rd Place …. Trophy 

Open Freestyle Only (not including Professionals):

1st Place … Trophy & Festival Pass

 2nd Place, 3rd Place …. Trophy 

Open Showcase & Freestyle Championship (including Professionals):

1st Place …. $500 cash & BZF full Pass + Trophy

2nd Place … Festival Pass + Trophy

3rd Place … Festival Pass + Trophy

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

PARTY THEMES:

Friday night: No Theme 

👉 Saturday night: 'THEME: TBC 

👉 Sunday night: Dress to Impress

Pick your perfect outfit to wear at the Rooftop Bar Drinks and Pre-party Dinner , and then cruise on along onto the dancefloor for the final evening of delicious dancing. 💖

📌 VENUE:

Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane State High School

Entrance is via Gate M3 off Merivale Street, South Brisbane

🎟  TICKETS:

👉 Full Passes:

🎫 Pre-Released Tickets - Full Pass (Workshops & 4 Nights Parties) - $169 SOLD OUT!(* This ticket only has been offered to our attendees from C9Z weekender 2022)

🎫 1st Early Bird - Full Pass (Workshops & 4 Nights Parties) - $200 (until 13 March or until sold out)

🎫 2nd Early Bird - Full Pass (Workshops & 4 Nights Parties) - $240 )(until 16 April or until sold out)

🎫 3rd Early Bird ---- (Workshops & 4 Nights Parties) - $280

🎫 Buddy Pass for a Leader & a Follower (Workshops & 4 Nights Parties - $250

🎫 'Starter' Pass (4 Selected workshops - Open Level + 4 Nights Parties ) - $150

🎫 Intensive Courses Pass (2x 2 hours Intensives on Sunday) - $50 each course

(The Intensive courses are only available for Full Weekend pass holders or Full Party Pass holders)

👉 'Parties Only' Pass:

🎫 4-Night Parties Pass (4 Nights Social Dancing) - $149.95 (LIMITED NUMBERS)

(The Intensive courses are only available for Full Weekend pass holders or Full Party Pass holders)

👉 Party Pass:

🎫 4-Night Party Pass (3 Nights Social Dancing) - $-- (LIMITED NUMBERS)

REFUND POLICY: Tickets to this event are non Refundable, but transferrable to another person of the same dance role. A transfer fee of $15 applies per ticket. We are also happy to transfer your tickets to our next event if not less than 24 hours notice has been given before the start of the event. 

*In case of Covid lockdown: For those dancing friends who are joining us from interstate and are concerned about any potential lockdown due to Covid, we can guarantee a refund or credit transfer to our next event. 😊

OFFICIAL SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND 🌟 :

COMING SOON!

ATTENDEES INFO SHEET:

COMING SOON! 

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Thank you very much for your excitement and support and we are sooo looking forward to an amazing weekend with all you Zouk lovers!  😍

Behrouz & Sibell and the Cloud 9 Zouk Team 🧡