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 donโ€™t sweat when dancing kuduro, then you might be dancing, but you are ๐Ÿ’ฏ not dancing kuduro. My students are starting to feel the music, it shows. ๐ŸŽถThey 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. ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.facebook.com/events/245622675928898/?ti=ic #TheNewFaceOfLisbon ๐Ÿ˜Ž 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 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! ๐Ÿ‘Š No big deal, but yesterday the King ๐Ÿ‘‘C4Pedro shared our Top 10 #kizomba songs […]

Day 45 | Major Milestone

Finally. The Dr kizomba website is ๐Ÿ’ฏ complete. All the videos, for all the levels. All done. Shiny and in HD. Mi Gente, if you want to learn #kizomba, itโ€™s easy. Start with the beginner package, move to the intermediate package, jump on the advanced package. Each level is 8 weeks of videos, that you […]

Day 46 | AirBnB Surprise

Mi Gente, today is Monday, but it feels like a Saturday. Another amazing party at Mwangole tonight, and your boy’s gonna stop dancing after most people are waking up to get ready for work. #dancerlife #theonlylife At the airBnB, your doctor was surprised by a gift from the hosts – a bottle of red wine […]

Day 47 | Tiger Shrimp vs Lobster

Mi Gente. Guess what? I’m moving to another Airbnb again. Maybe I’ll get another gift of wine? ๐Ÿท #hopeful Yesterday’s party was @ Mwangole to celebrate the birthday of a friend. You already know, your doctor danced the whole night long. Mi Gente, you saw my pictures of the food? Oysters! The biggest shrimp ever. […]

Day 48 | Blast From The Past

Mi Gente! It’s your favorite travel blogger! #newcareer ๐Ÿ˜‚ Yesterday was an amazing class. More and more students are showing to learn from your doctor. Give it up for Restelo dance center. I was very pleased. The students are understanding the ginga and working on their swipes. The ladies worked hard on not anticipating the […]

Day 49 | Audience Chemistry

Slowly getting back into my routine from before #stuckinlisbon. Performances, costumes, training, last minute practices, tears, wanting to pee and shit at the same time before the show. Those are the anxieties of hard word, dedication and performance life. Last night I performed with my team for the first time our new routine that we’ve […]

Day 49 | Visit from Fabricio

Mi Gente! You know who showed up in Lisbon yesterday? Fabricio. I’m happy, it’s been good spending time with my bro, my twin. He’s my #1 artist in this business. ๐Ÿ‘Š Last night, DJ Barata’s party was off the chain – no surprise. And Mi Gente, I’ve got some good news. ๐Ÿ˜Ž I spoke to […]

Day 51 | Squad Goals

Mi Gente, you really liked my first show with the Kizomba Canada team since I got back from #stuckinlisbon. Name of the show = Fashion, and we looked good. ๐Ÿ˜Ž Don’t worry, my people, the next show is gonna be even better! ๐Ÿ”ฅ I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: gotta give it […]

Day 54 | Turn Up

Mi Gente. Have you been waiting for the daily post? I’m sorry. My brothers Fabricio and Paraiso showed up and spent these past 5 days with me. Turn up ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ฅ! Your doctor had 3 big workshop-parties back to back with little sleep in between.๐Ÿ˜ต Friday was an all-nighter with Elio Santos, Saturday was my semba […]

Day 55 | My Brother’s Birthday

Today is my broโ€™s bday. Jalane, my momโ€™s 3rd eldest son. Growing up, everybody told me I talked, walked, tried to be like him. I hated that. But he WAS the coolest in the family. He could talk his way outta anything and had the nicest clothes, newest Jordans, best everythingโ€ฆ he hustled hard, sometimes […]