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Day 41 | Teaching in Lisbon

#AlwaysStartFromTheBottom ⬆️ Yesterday was Class #2 of your doctor’s 4 week kizomba session at the View Rooftop. Mi gente, class was… a #revelation. The students learned there is a count in kizomba! Yes! They didn’t know. 😳They understood that to dance kizomba for real, they must LISTEN for the count in the music, and respect […]

Day 42 | Baltimore: Day 2

Allo good morning mi Gente, not really good morning it’s good afternoon. Yesterday Kizomba-Salsa-Bachata Congress in Baltimore was brutal. Amazing workout, amazing dancing, amazing control of emotion. Yesterday, I really enjoyed my salsa dancing, it brought me to my salsa days. And as I was dancing, people were telling me, yo your salsa is really […]

Day 42 | Baltimore: Day 2, Solo Showtime

At this moment I wanna have a fucking drink 😫, now I know why I used to drink because I was fucking nervous before my shows. Right now I feel the pressure, my number is 25, he already started the shows and I feel vulnerable. And a drink would help me say fuck it, because […]

Day 43 | Baltimore: Day 3

Good afternoon. After a looooooooong sleep, I must tell you wow, yesterday was off the chain. The fear of performing sober is over and while I was on the stage I could see clearly that it was just a fear because the energy of the people helped me through the performance and after. I slept […]

Day 43 | Baltimore: Day 3, Part 2

Good day Mi Gente. Just finished my last workshop at the Kizomba-Salsa-Bachata Congress in Baltimore. Epic! A bit tired, but to be expected. It’s a great event and being with amazing people that actually want to learn kizomba makes me feel happy. Happy Easter to everyone. And for the folks that were there encouraging me, […]

Day 43 | The Art of Social Dancing

My kuduro gang yesterday did good, Mi Gente! They kept up with the choreo and I made them sweat . Mi Gente, if you don’t sweat when dancing kuduro, then you might be dancing, but you are 💯 not dancing kuduro. My students are starting to feel the music, it shows. 🎶They are learning that […]

Day 43 | Two Parties, One Night

Mi Gente! What’s good? Your doctor is giving another workshop tonight, followed by a party. 👉 https://www.facebook.com/events/245622675928898/?ti=ic #TheNewFaceOfLisbon 😎 Did you see my #day42 live video? Yesterday was good. Two parties, one at the View Rooftop where your boy is giving his 4-week session and one at Barrio Latino. You already know, your doctor stopped […]

Day 44 | Baltimore Flight Home

Got to the airport on time, Hugo got me to the airport on time, online check-in amazing using my new app Apple Wallet. And so the fuckery starts. I was sitting down at my gate 1, when I got a notification that the Chicago flight is late, and so my gate changed to C4. That’s […]

Day 44 | Baltimore: Day 4

Last snap of the night. Just came from the afterparty where the security was trying to kick everyone out. My friend the famous saxophone player was trying to sneak some drinks on me. Fireball, I hate that drink, even back when I was drinking. That shit burns! And that cinnamon taste? Reminds you to never […]

Day 44 | GoodBye Baltimore

ll good things have to come to an end. Kizomba-Salsa-Bachata Congress in Baltimore, as I am sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for Hugo to come and pick me up, if you don’t know Hugo that is my escort to the airport, having my yogurt coffee and water, and with my ca-ching! on my pocket. […]

Day 45 | C4 Pedro Agrees

Mi Gente, did you see the video? For the first time Flavie did a kuduro performance by herself at the Columbus Salsa Convention. That girl. Taking on all the responsibility for Manuel & Flavie on her shoulders. She killed it! 👊 No big deal, but yesterday the King 👑C4Pedro shared our Top 10 #kizomba songs […]

Day 45 | Calgary: 3 days to go

#qotd: “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love”. Self-love is really important my people because no one will love you more than yourself, regardless of the situation you are in. Wassup wassup wassup Mi Gente? Slept late, woke up semi early, that’s how day 45 feels, being sober alcohol and smokes free, […]