Day 127 | Some Good News!

Good day Montreal! It’s Wednesday. You already know that we have our Kizomba classes starting at 6:30pm. You already know that all my Montreal people can come and join Dr. Kizomba for a free class starting at 8:30pm, mixing up with the Kitaba social, and we’ll finish at midnight… ish. Alright. We got some great […]

Day 128 | My Kizomba Canada Babies

Good day Montreal, I’m sorry for not being able to send you this message before. Woke up and slept, woke up and slept, woke up and slept. One word: Kitaba. Second word: Social. Amazing. Yes, yes and yes. Imagine a culture in Montreal where people can actually dance, smile, laugh and meet new people. Young, […]

Day 130 | Stage Life

Good morning and afternoon. Just opened my eye . If you guys noticed, this is a back to back daily report. Ok, let’s make it worth your while. Last night, I gotta give thanks to the team Kizomba Canada . We did a performance at my brother Dance Alejandro in Laval. It was scary because […]

Day 14 | Work Day, Happy Day

Today woke up with joy on my face, because yesterday’s open house was off the charts! The people were enthusiastic, the instructors were on point. We had the very first of the Dsantos franchises come up to give us a hand aka Dsantos VT, under the leadership of Sarah Snow. I was very proud to […]

Day 16 | Gindungo: 19 to go

Day 16, Mi Gente! I am surprising myself every day. OMG. I remembered my dream today when I woke up today! That is amazing, I don’t think I’ve ever remembered my dreams for the last 6 or 7 years in my life! But today, I vividly remember my dream. That is freaking priceless. This sober […]

Day 17 | Gindungo: 18 to go

Afternoon Mi Gente! We a few hours into day 17 of soberness and smoke free. Carrot juices nuts and fish, home-cooked food, nothing but the best water in this system aka Canadian-tap water from the rivers and mountains of Quebec, fresh like a drop of snow. Yeah baby. We got that water so pure that […]

Day 18 | Gindungo: 17 to go

Good day Mi Gente. It’s your boy Dr Kizomba waking up a little confused but happy. It’s day 18 for soberness, smoking-free and I just added one more subject: exposing the fakes. The topic of today is “inside jokes” aka friend of a friend trying to throw shade on another friend because they’re jealous of […]

Day 22 | Gindungo: 13 to go

“We can’t become who we want by remaining who we are.” Sober day 22, smoking-free day 22. Let me tell you a funny story about yesterday. Your boy went to Moka, another beautiful place where we dance old school Cuban Salsa and Bachata. It’s actually a legendary place because most of the folks that go […]

Day 27 | Gindungo: 7 days to go

Oh my god! I just opened up my eyes and realized I woke up away from Montreal. It’s day 27 of soberness and smoking free and I believe my biggest challenge was yesterday, because my biggest drink uber friend my Jack Daniels old school friend Mr Javi was there and all my New York people […]

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 33 | Gindungo: 1 pre-party to go

Good morning Mi Gente, We had an amazing Kitaba Gindungo night. With DJ Paraiso, DJ Do Marcal, DJ Fofo Jah doing what they do best. We regularly don’t finish at 1oclock but oh well, since it is Gindungo week, indeed we finished at 1am. Talked all night long, accommodate the guests in our best way. […]

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 […]