From Ballet and Math Class to Lambada Masters with Iago & Vanessa

ZoukNerds • Learn | Build | Belong · Sep 9, 2026 · 44m

"I don't believe this person, they can really follow what this guy wants. I think they are guessing." That's Vanessa on why she started Brazilian Zouk, after fifteen years of ballet, jazz and contemporary.

If you have a job you like and a dance you love, and you keep running the numbers at two in the morning, this one is for you.

Iago was teaching mathematics in Campinas when Nina told him, "If you wanna be with me, you gotta dance." The pandemic shut his school, and when it reopened he said, "Well, good luck for you guys. I'm not coming back."

I sat with both of them in person, and this half…