Bristol Kizomba

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Friday & Saturday
Salsa dance - Beginners/improvers/advanced, 10pm
Bachata dance - Beginners/improvers/advanced, 10pm

Every first Sunday of the month we yeach
' Bachata & Kizomba dance classes from 5pm @ Nova bar
Monthly Sunday party 7pm to 00.00/1am

We also create and promote events throughout the year, local and international dance events. We provide photography services for all special occasions...
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About Kizomba
Musical Genre
Kizomba is one of the most popular genres of dance and music originating in Angola. It mixes influences of traditional Semba with zouk and compas music from the French Caribbean. On this basis, Kizomba music emerged as a more modern music genre with a sensual touch mixed with African rhythm. Unlike Semba, Kizomba music is characterised by a slower and usually very romantic rhythm, sung generally in Portuguese. In Europe the word "kizomba" is used for any type of music derived from zouk, even if not of Angolan origin. The Kizomba dancing style is also known to be very sensual and flows with a music of a romantic flow. Origin and evolution

Kizomba music was born in Angola (in Luanda) in the 80’s following the influences of traditional semba music (the predecessor of Samba from Brazil) with zouk and compas music from Kassav from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. On this basis, kizomba music emerged as a more modern music genre with a sensual touch mixed with African rhythm. Unlike Semba, Kizomba music is characterized by a slower and usually very romantic rhythm. Given that Angola is a former Portuguese colony, Portuguese is the principal language spoken in Angola and thus, also most Kizomba songs are sung in Portuguese. However, kizomba songs initially were sung in Kimbundu and in other National languages of Angola. The dance style kizomba was connected to the music style of 1981, through "Bibi king of the pace" percussionist of the SOS Band, a group that merged other styles such as méringue and Angolan rhythms to styles developed by contemporary groups; developing a sound more attractive and danceable, that then began circulating in the Angolan "Kizombadas" (party's). One member of this group was Eduardo Paim that after the dissolution of SOS, moved to Portugal taking with him the timing of the kizomba rhythm, which began garnering fans in Lusitanian lands but was mistakenly confused with a variant of Zouk. Eduardo Pain