Day 32 | Gindungo: 2 pre-parties to go

Good day good day good day! Day thirty-motherfucking-two. Gindungo is here. Booze free and smoke free. And I am gonna give it up to my festival, because I made some promises to some people that I gotta keep. It’s not about me anymore but it’s about my people, I gotta do it for them. My […]

Day 34 | Gindungo: Day 1

Good morning Montreal. Baila Con Gusto has never been crazier before. The pre-party was off the chain, starting with a performance with Frans and Sarah that brought the house down and the big kizomba room – Louvre – still didn’t have space for all of us to dance and when the kuduro came on the […]

Day 35 | Gindungo: Day 2

Good morning, but I am really talking about afternoon as we speak. Another day of Gindungo, actually the official 2nd day. Yesterday’s party was off the chain. Oh my fucking god. The house went down. I am not really talking about the house going down, but the party was flawless. The atmosphere, 1000. The vibes, […]

Day 36 | Gindungo: Day 3

Good morning, Mi Gente, I dunno what to say. But what a great awesome titanic gigantic event Mi Gente. Saturday night! Like I told you! It was gonna be an atomic explosion. Literally I don’t know the exact count but for real for real, we had over 400 people in the building. Congratulations to Gindungo […]

Day 37 | Gindungo Recovery

Good morning Mi Gente, it’s noon. Yes, now I can acknowledge that I am tired, but I am not that tired. Ok, I lied, I am tired, but I am happy tired. Gindungo 3. I told you it was gonna be an atomic explosion. Wooooow. What a night last night! When people thought that we […]

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 62 | Mexico, Day 2 | Birthday Boy

Good morning Mi Gente! Literally this was the first early workshop I ever had in my life. 10 o’clock on a Friday morning, started to teach semba in Mexico. I dunno where all these people came from, but they were there by 9:30 waiting at the door. Ate a little bit in between, took a […]

Day 68 | Baila Con Gusto

Oh my god. Semba classes on Tuesday, off the chain. The students are getting better. Kitaba social last night, off the chain. 4 students won Gindungo 4 passes! I told you to get the passes, but you didn’t listen to me. Now people is getting their passes on deck. I honestly thought that I was […]

Day 69 | Baila Con Gusto Recap

I know it’s late but I gotta get this post off my chest because otherwise I can’t sleep. Today’s Baila Con Gusto class was amazing. Kudos to the students who are trying their hardest to dance kizomba or understand what kizomba even is. Kudos to my students to now know what they wanna do in […]

Day 72 | Boston: 4 days to go

Good morning Mi Gente. I know it’s past afternoon but your doctor had to wake up today earlier to deal with the government. Oh well. Let me tell you how that go. Taxes taxes taxes. Aka stealing stealing stealing. So you telling me that the money is going to the teachers, the hospitals, the roads, […]

Curaçao: day 1

Good morning from Curaçao. I’m sorry for the Dr. Kizomba crowd. Yesterday we couldn’t do a live because we were miles away from Canada. I know you guys love your live classes on Wednesday, but unfortunately that wasn’t possible because myself and Flavie are currently in the islands of Curaçao. With that said, Thursday. Curadise […]