Over time, Zouk dancers have experimented and incorporated other styles of music into such as R'n'B, pop, hip hop and contemporary.
[1] The term "Brazilian Zouk" was adopted in order to distinguish the dance style from the musical genre.
[citation needed] Brazilian Zouk is a dance with well-defined basic steps and rhythmic patterns.
Other features include body isolations, tilted turns and more recently counter-balance techniques.
As Brazilian Zouk made a name for itself in the dance community talented and influential dancers began to develop and explore to create more definitive styles, either by sheer development as a Zouk school, or by fusing Zouk with other dance styles such as Bachata, Salsa, Argentinian Tango, Contact Improvisation or West Coast Swing.