Current State Of Mind

At the end of this week I will be in San Francisco to teach some workshops to be followed by a Neokiz weekender in Portland, OR. It's been a while (even despite) COVID since I've been out on the west coast to teach. I'm excited to get back in the saddle again to continue to help dancers level up their kiz and to also continue to hone my craft of teaching.

My friend Tom Lev recently shared a cool Notion template that he's using to structure his curriculum for Brazilian zouk. I'm excited to use this to start to put some structure to build a database for my urban kiz pedagogy. I have so many intentions, concepts, drills, moves, vocabulary, techniques, and more that I have developed over the years and I need to start to download all of this knowledge into a single place. Stay tuned!

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Song I'm Currently Jamming To

This Love & Affection Feat. Snuggles Zouk Mix by DJ Kakah is awesome!

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Recent Content

I posted a question asking for tips to get more leads in workshops and it sparked some interesting comments.

I also posted an image for Dancepreneur University which showed the types of compensation for an artist at a festival and/or weekender. You can join the Dancepreneur University email list here.

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Cool Video I'm Watching

10 Key Mental Models To Use Everyday by Ali Abdaal

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Upcoming Travel

2021

9/12 - San Francisco, CA - Neokiz Workshops

9/18 - Portland, OR - Neokiz Weekender

10/2-3 - Chicago, IL - Neokiz Weekender

10/16 - Des Moines, IA - Neokiz Workshops

10/22 - Phoenix, AZ - Neokiz Weekender

12/3-5 - Denver, CO - Attending Elevation Zouk Festval

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2022

1/13-17 - Arlington, VA - Attending Interfusion Festival

Event details can be found here. If you'd like to setup a Neokiz Weekender in your city, let me know!

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Photo Of The Week

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Question Of The Week

What are moments that made your favorite dances memorable?

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Past Newsletters

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