Day 60 | Montreal, Are You Ready?

The struggle is over, the fun was necessary. 60 days of tears, joy and celebration. I had my last bacalhau at the airport and I took a piece with me just to be sure before I land to have a snack. I’ll close my eyes as I eat it and reminisce about my crazy experience […]

Day 67 | Feeling Pumped

Yesterday was the last day of the Kizomba Canada Summer Set session. First session completed since I got back from #stuckinLisbon. Your boy had a long convo with the students about what they like/don’t like and how they feel when they go to other social to practice their kizomba. They told me 💯 what I […]

Day 72 | Family First

Woke up on another day in another city. On Sunday I got bad news about my nephew: Junior was sick at the hospital. He is first born of the next generation, the first grandson of the family, our biggest baby . Knowing that, without thinking twice, your doctor jumped on the bus and made my […]

Day 73 | Boston: 3 days to go

Good morning. The birds woke me up. Spring bling is here! Montreal weather: fantastic. I can see the sun shine through my window. A good day to start biking, but I’m only gonna have my bike tomorrow. I’m gonna get my 2 hot topics or 3 and record a Dr. Kizomba show in about 30 […]

Day 73 | Hard Work

Eweee Mi Gente! Last Thursday, you already know, Manuel & Flavie taught at Baila Con Gusto. Lots of new faces, discovering #kizomba for the first or second time. That made me happy. You know what else made me happy? Seeing my team wearing their Gindungo shirts, and dancing the night away. Kizomba, Salsa… even Bachata. […]

Day 81 | Student Energy on High

Woke up this morning feeling kinda dizzy. Man, I’m in love with my students. 😍 🔹#kuduroMondays: Monday’s kuduro class was ah-maze-zing. Lots of returning faces from the Summer Set program, which means they liked what they got. They worked HARD. They sweated at LOT. They sweated a little bit but they smiled and laughed! And […]

Day 82 | Unexpected Gratitude

Mi Gente, have you been checking out all the good work we’ve been doing at Kizomba Canada? 🔹 Summer set session: ✅ 🔹 New fall program: a sell-out in the first week! 🔥 🔹 A growing dance squad #kcds 🔹 Shows, shows and more shows 🔹 Launching a new weekly social for Montreal: the Kitaba […]

Day 84 | Falling In Love With Montreal

I never looked at this city for what it is or understood how special it is until now. From 2014 to 2017, your boy and Flavie had the opportunity to travel and share the beautiful art of #semba, #kizomba and #kuduro worldwide. Every week, a new city, a different plane, jet lag, hundreds of new […]

Day 87 | 4-day Weekend

My weekend starts right now, Mi Gente. Why? Because. The only description for yesterday’s class: amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. Jam packed. Lots of new faces in the fall program. Students that are willing to learn kizomba AND semba AND kuduro, meaning we see each other Monday AND Tuesday AND Wednesday, and top it off with the new Kitaba […]

Day 98 | Hospital Visit

Man, what a week. I dunno where to start. Last Saturday, while performing at Moka social with the #kcds, my knee just popped out. Right in the middle of the kuduro section of the show. Pop, out it went. Don’t know what reason, wasn’t even a hard move at all, my knee just slid out […]