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Becoming a Magnetic Follower

8-Week Brazilian Zouk Followers Online Course

💻 Live Online Classes + Lifetime Access to Recordings
📅 Starts June 4, 2026

Welcome to the Summer Edition 2026 of our Empowered Follows Program — an inspiring 8-week journey designed to elevate your technique, styling, confidence, and self-expression.

This edition features some of the most inspiring international Zouk teachers, and for the very first time, we are excited to welcome Nina Darbello to the program.

Each instructor has carefully chosen topics and movements they believe can create a massive transformation in the quality of your dance. Our goal is simple: help you become truly magnetic on the dance floor. ✨

For more than 5 years, the Empowered Follows courses have connected and inspired over 400 followers worldwide. Now it’s your turn to experience the difference.

Who This Course Is For

This course is perfect for followers who want to:

🌟 Strengthen technique and body awareness
🌟 Expand styling vocabulary and movement quality
🌟 Develop creativity, musicality, and self-confidence
🌟 Feel more expressive, powerful, and connected in dance

Whether you join live for personalized feedback or train at your own pace with lifetime recordings, you’ll become part of a supportive international community of passionate followers.

Course Overview

Week 1 – June 4

💡 Favourite Head Movements — Laura

Week 2 – June 11

💡 Favourite Arm Styling — Melyssa

Week 3 – June 25

💡 Combining Upper & Lower Body Movement — Nina

Week 4 – July 2

💡 Piqué Turns: Technique & Styling — Joanna

Week 5 – July 9

💡 Spinning Technique — Melyssa

Week 6 – July 16

💡 Mergulho Technique & Flow — Laura

Week 7 – July 23

💡 Changing Textures – Part 1 — Nina

Week 8 – July 30

💡 Everything Is Boom Tic Tic – Part 2 — Nina

What’s Included

✅ 8 live online classes
✅ Lifetime access to all recordings
✅ Personalized feedback from top international Zouk teachers
✅ Train from anywhere in the world, at your own pace

⚠️ Minor schedule or topic changes may occur.

Schedule

🕒 Central Europe: 8:00 PM
🕒 UK: 7:00 PM (GMT+1)
🕒 New York: 2:00 PM
🕒 Brazil: 3:00 PM

Investment

✔️ 60-minute professional training classes
✔️ Lifetime recording access

🎟 4-Class Pass — €75
🎟 8-Class Pass — €130
🎟 Single Class — €22

Discounts

🎉 TED Members: 20% OFF
🎉 Returning Followers: €10 OFF

Registration

📝 Register here:
Join the Course

📩 Questions:
info@theempowereddancers.com

Meet Your Instructors

✨ Melyssa Tamada

Originally from São Paulo, Brazil, Melyssa is part of the new generation of Zouk and Lambada artists influencing the international scene.

Together with Marck Silva, she is recognized worldwide for creativity, versatility, and helping shape modern Zouk trends. Her movement quality and musicality inspire thousands of dancers daily.

📸 Instagram: @mel_tamada

✨ Laura Dalava

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Laura has over 16 years of dance experience across classical ballet, jazz, contemporary dance, belly dance, street dance, ballroom, and Brazilian Zouk.

She has been teaching since 2013, regularly participating in professional championships and dance companies. Laura is also a member of the Brazilian Zouk & Lambada Judging Panel and holds All-Star status.

Her teaching methodology combines psychoanalysis, body language studies, and highly detailed follower technique, helping students progress with clarity and confidence.

📸 Instagram: @lau_dalava

✨ Nina Darbello

Brazilian-born dancer and performer Nina Darbello began her dance journey through Classical Ballet at the age of 9 and later received a scholarship to a renowned dance school in Campinas, Brazil.

Her background includes Classical and Contemporary Ballet, Jazz, High Heels, Hip-Hop, and social dances, with special focus on Brazilian Zouk, Lambada, and Followers Style.

Recognized for her musicality, expressiveness, and creative teaching approach, Nina is also a teacher, actress, performer, co-director of Barracão da Dança, and founder of Nina’s Team — an international online choreography group performing worldwide.

Alongside her partner Matheus Franco, she teaches and performs at major international Zouk and Lambada events around the globe.

📸 Instagram: @ninadarbello

✨ Joanna Zwierzyńska

Founder of The Empowered Dancers, Joanna is a professional dancer, international coach, judge, choreographer, and actress. She has taught in more than 30 countries and has played a major role in shaping Brazilian Zouk across Europe.

Known for her expressive solo follower classes, playful energy, and high-level technique, Joanna has inspired hundreds of followers worldwide.

📸 Instagram: @joanna_zwierzynska

✨ We can’t wait to dance, grow, and connect with you this summer. Join us and become a magnetic follower