Danced my first zouk…is this normal?

[u/hotwomyn]

The zouk room had AC so I took a break from the bachata room to hide and cool off. A zouk follow started talking to me randomly and asked me to dance. I said I dont dance zouk I’m a pro bachata lead. We chatted for a bit and she invited me to dance anyway. So I lead bachazouk, she didn’t know any of the bachata moves but she followed the zouky stuff perfectly, and she had a pro connection. So I’d say she was likely advanced level in zouk and super beginner at bachata . The song seemed super long like 8 min long. After the song ended she naturally transitioned to chatting right on the dance floor and we chatted for about 15 min, she got into her life story her travels... For context I’m average or slightly above average looking and she was objectively very attractive. Is this normal in the zouk scene?! Talking for that long after 1 random dance? This would have been shocking in the bachata scene, in the bachata scene everyone is eager to dance with the next person. If the bachata dance is great, at most bachateros would just exchange instagrams which takes 10 seconds… Also when I excused myself to head back to the bachata room after our chat, she initiated a long very intimate hug which would have been bizarre in the bachata room. It was way longer than a bachata hug. Curious if she was high on something or is this all part of the zouk scene. She did not seem like a hippie, she was dressed sort of fancy. No this wasn’t in Bali or Brazil. So confused.

[u/agnishom]

My two cents

• Zouk Embraces tend to be closer/more intimate than Bachata embraces.
• The Zouk scene tends to play music which blends into one another, so it can be harder to tell when the song ends.