I feel I have reached a new frame of mind as it relates to my relationship with touch in my personal life. This particular blog will be my attempt to document what I have experienced, am currently experiencing, and also putting out into the universe of what I will...
Over the past 5 years traveling and teaching kizomba across the world, I’ve always been adjacent to the dance style of Brazilian zouk. From the very beginning, I had respect for the dance but it didn’t exactly call to me. I respected my fellow Brazilian zouk...
Euro Kizomba Trip Day 1 Recap I will journal and share my journey here on FB for my own benefit to look back and see this a year from now on FB, and hopefully sharing my journey will inspire some of you reading. Getting to Paris was smooth. No delayed flights or lost...
Being a full time kizomba instructor has been a rewarding experience for me. It has allowed me to meet beautiful people from all over the world who also share a passion for dance. It has given me the opportunity to inspire and impact people through dance, which is...
1) Lack of Body Awareness/Control When I first started dancing kizomba I struggled a lot with being aware of what my body was doing. Since Kizomba is danced mostly in a close embrace it was difficult at first to internalize the movements and steps and know what...
Apparently there seems to be a lot of confusion on what “the counts” are with Kizomba by those who haven’t, and even those who have, begun to learn Kizomba. This confusion is even more rampant among those of us who have a latin dance background, or...
I heard this so many times that I have decided to write about it. I talked to so many people that really love to dance but feel just because they aren’t the best dancer on the floor, they don’t get to have fun or that they aren’t allowed to “shine”. I see them hold...
1. Listen to Kizomba music OFF the dance floor. In the car, while you are working, in the shower, this will increase mind’s library of kizomba songs, the more songs you know the easier it will be to be musical because you know the patterns of the songs, the highs,...
Q: What is Neo Kizomba? A: In a nutshell, it’s a teaching method, an umbrella term for new genres of kizomba music, and a way of categorizing the newer dance styles emerging as a result of the more modern music being produced. How My Journey of...