Dance Bio and Blurbs

Every dancer has a short bio they copy and paste everywhere. Mine varies depending on what type of dance I'm performing or teaching. As an event organizer and promoter, I've seen a lot of really awful ones that took a lot of editing before they were presentable.  I feel lucky I have a background in writing and a bachelor's in English, because the bio is often the first impression of you that passes by people who matter. If the bio is poorly written, sometimes you don't get a second chance to make another impression with your dancing or your personality. If you are translating your bio into another language, please don't just plug it into a translating app! Ask a friend to help you. I think a decent bio will include some details about your dance training and your professional experience. It usually must be short, so you probably need to leave out a lot and tailor it to the job you are doing. Are you emphasizing teaching, or performing? Are you emphasizing competitions you have won? Your extensive and impressive training? Any certifications or degrees you've earned? Your teaching style or unique dance philosophy?  Here is the current general zouk version of my bio, and a little blurb about Honolulu Zouk, the dance company I started in January 2015.

About Kimberly Loo

Kimberly Loo began dance training at age 4 just couldn't stop. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Dance with a Performance and Choreography emphasis from Pomona College in California. Kimberly's formal training encompasses over two decades of ballet, jazz, modern, international ballroom, salsa, pole, partner acrobatics, and her favorite, Brazilian Zouk; she has trained intensively or completed teacher trainings with Ry'El and Jessica of ZenZouk, Marc Brewer, Kamacho, Layssa Liebscher, Evelyn Magyari Lopez, Peter Wright, MaZouka, and Jaime Aroxa. Kimberly also holds also holds bachelor degrees in Anthropology and English Literature, and 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification from Mahatma Yoga in India.

Kimberly has won 2nd in the Pro-Am Jack & Jill at Seattle Zouk, twice won the National Collegiate Championships in International Ballroom (both Latin and Standard), the Hawaii Salsa Championship, won runner up at the Texas Salsa Open, was a finalist at the LA Zouk16, and has been invited to perform and teach throughout the Aloha state and in California, Texas, Mexico, Morocco, Canada, and India.

Her dance career as a performer has spanned from nightly shows at Legends in Concert: Waikiki to latin dance and burlesque. Kimberly actively pursues spreading the warm fuzzy feelings of dance to every audience and every social dance partner she encounters; her most loved achievement is being a favorite on the social dance floor.

About Honolulu Zouk

Kimberly Loo founded Honolulu Zouk in 2015 as a vehicle for creating a dance family around teaching, performing, and choreographing Brazilian Zouk, celebrating its fusion with other dances. Her dance philosophy is based around a desire for each dancer to celebrate awareness of their bodies, and to find joy in connecting with themselves, accepting their sensuality and ability to express themselves through movement. The Honolulu Zouk logo emphasizes how 'ono (delicious) zouk is, and how its dancers love to zouk always and all ways. Kimberly's teaching style is influenced by her technical ballet background and her love of yoking in metaphors. The school is welcoming of nonheteronormative dance roles.

In its first year, Honolulu Zouk was invited to perform for "zouk royalty" at Zouk Night Love in Mexico and received a standing ovation! They have been gracing the Hawaiian Islands and North America with dance instruction and dazzling performances ever since!

Honolulu Zouk is comprised of several performance teams, social dance training teams, a heels dance team, a weekly zouk fusion social, ongoing drop in technique classes, and frequent intensive courses with renowned international instructors. Every Sunday #HNLzouk hosts drop in classes at 7p, no experience or partner necessary. Please contact kimberly@hnlzouk.com and come join the family or if you're interested in a performance!

Keep in Touch

Join weekly email list by emailing kimberly@hnlzouk.com

Join facebook group for most up to date updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hnlzouk/

facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kimberlyloodancer/

facebook page for company: https://www.facebook.com/honoluluzouk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honoluluzouk/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rZiBLeF_ELU09c3669S8g/videos

Why are we addicted? 

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