Adventures in Ottawa

Woke up this morning, had to jump on the bus real quick to go to Ottawa to take care of my passport. Got down there, realized that they telling me that the ID that I have is not really an ID – it just tells my status in Canada 🙄. Welllllll, I guess you learn […]

A Time For Celebration

Good afternoon Montreal and the world!  We have a few hours left til 2018. Now first let’s talk about 2017. Mi Gente. For the first 6 months of 2017 January 1 to June 1, your boy and Flavie and my team were going hard, travelling around the world, partying, teaching at festivals, working hard and having […]

A New Chapter

Good morning, good day. When I woke up, I thought I was still dreaming. I had to double check my wallet. Not dreaming: my papers are really here. I took 5 minutes, laying in bed, looking at the ceiling, reminiscing about my 192-day #stuckinlisbon #stuckincanada situation. I should write a book about that. I am […]

Day 132 | Freedom!

As I was sleeping I remembered to have a special dream that I did not recall what it was when I woke up. Open my cell phone, I forgot to send some goodies to a good friend, totally forgot. And my friend being gangsta, the first thing she does when she picks the phone is […]

Day 129 | Winter Sauna

Good day but not really good morning. It’s snowing outside ☃️. Canadian weather on deck. Didn’t bought my boots yet. One of the things I like is drinking tap water because always comes fresh like a motherfucker. And having African blood, you know my heater is always on max. My place is so cozy, like […]

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 116 | A Teacher’s Legacy

Good morning. It’s a Saturday in Montreal. It’s time to dance, of course. Tonight your boy and the Kizomba Canada dance squad #kcds are gonna be at Bachata Invasion in Montreal dancing and teaching and performing, with DJ the Best, DJ Fofo Jah and DJ Lumbo Joao… it’s gonna be a bezerk night. Give it […]

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 […]

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 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 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 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 […]