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How to Become a Great Social Dancer: A Kizomba Harmony Video Blog

 

How to Become a Great Social Dancer: A Kizomba Harmony Video Blog

Want to become a great social dancer? In this video, we tell you the 3 things you need to become just that, a badass social dancer!

If this message resonates with you, we’d love to help you achieve your dance goals!

If you like the video, please feel free to share it, and if you have questions or would like guidance, hit us up!

If you’d like to learn from us, you can check out our weekly classes in Houston (kizombaharmony.com), catch us at a quality festival or event near you, or you can check out our mobile instructional app Kizomba To Go (kizombatogo.com)!

Also, if you enjoy having fun with good people, you are invited to join us for our upcoming events:

KHADE2019 Kizomba Harmony African Dance Experience 2019 taking place December 2-5 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1257361521092714/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://KHADE.net for the website
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

If you’re interested in joining us in Playa (you should be), consider coming to Playa early for:

our 2019 MYD Teacher Training and Urban Specialty Course at KHADE2019
https://www.facebook.com/events/373935906745448/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

and/or our 2019 Master Your Mix DJ Training at KHADE2019
https://www.facebook.com/events/1432410683556696/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

2020 Best All Around Dancer Competition and Festival taking place June 26-28 in Houston, TX!
https://www.facebook.com/events/357569948446454/ for the Facebook Event Link and to purchase tickets
https://kizombaharmony.com/BAAD for the website
https://BAAD2020.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

You can also check out https://kizombaharmony.com and https://KHADE.net for more information!

What is Social Dancing Foundation? A Kizomba Harmony Video Blog

 

What is Social Dancing Foundation? A Kizomba Harmony Video Blog

Part of our mission is to educate our community about foundation and its importance to your dance no matter what style you prefer. Although foundation is not something easily understood simply from watching people dance or watching videos, as to truly understand you often must #feelthedifference,in this video I describe what we mean when we refer to “foundation”. Foundation is 90% of what makes a great social dancer, the other 10% being the footwork, tricks, and flash that is often the focus of most dance videos and instruction these days. We hope you find the insights provided in this video to be useful.

If you like the video, please feel free to share it, and if you have questions or would like guidance, hit us up!

If you’d like to learn from us, you can check out our weekly classes in Houston (kizombaharmony.com), catch us at a quality festival or event near you, or you can check out our mobile instructional app Kizomba To Go (kizombatogo.com)!

Also, if you enjoy having fun with good people, you are invited to join us for our upcoming events:

2019 Best All Around Dancer Competition and Weekender taking place July 19-21 in Houston, TX!
https://www.facebook.com/events/264391367466088/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://kizombaharmony.com/BAAD for the website
https://BAAD2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

KHADE2019 Kizomba Harmony African Dance Experience 2019 taking place December 2-5 in Cancun, Mexico!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1257361521092714/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://KHADE.net for the website
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

If you’re interested in joining us in Cancun (you should be), consider coming to Cancun early for:

our 2019 MYD Teacher Training and Urban Specialty Course at KHADE2019
https://www.facebook.com/events/373935906745448/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

and/or our 2019 Master Your Mix DJ Training at KHADE2019
https://www.facebook.com/events/1432410683556696/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

You can also check out https://kizombaharmony.com and https://KHADE.net for more information!

African Body Movement: Billy of Kizomba Harmony Demonstrates Waistline Winding with Mutuashi Birdbox Style

What we call “foundation” is 90% of what makes a dancer truly great, the other 10% being the styling, footwork, flash, etc. that can look good in videos but rarely feels as good without the proper foundation. . Part of foundation is what we call “movement quality”, and one of the hallmarks of excellent movement quality is smooth, controlled, unforced and natural movement. The terms “ginga” or “banga”, etc. are often used to refer to certain aspects of movement quality. Movement quality is just as important for men as it is for women, and it takes work to make the unnatural become natural, and to make the difficult look easy. In this video I was working on control with #mutuashi which is really tough in its own right. Then Brayo Judah suggested I kick it up a notch by doing it #birdbox style with a pot on my head. Let me tell you, it is friggin’ hard! But I made it do what it do. Don’t try this at home if you’re near anything that might be damaged from a fall or damage YOU from a fall haha. The journey to #movement #mastery continues. #africandance #kizombaharmony #feelthedifference #waistline #winding #foundation

Foundation in all its various aspects is Kizomba Harmony’s specialty and focus, so if that sounds good to you, learn from us via our app Kizomba To Go (kizombatogo.com) in our weekly classes, or at a quality festival or event near you, and and check out our events and feel the difference!

Kizomba Harmony Best All Around Dancer Competition and Weekender (BAAD): July 19-21 in Houston, TX
FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/264391367466088/
Purchase Tickets: https://BAAD2019.eventbrite.com

Kizomba Harmony African Dance Experience 2019 (#KHADE2019) December 5-9 in Cancun, Mexico
FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1257361521092714/
Purchase Tickets: https://khade2019.eventbrite.com

If you’re interested in joining us in Cancun for #KHADE2019 (and you should be!), consider coming to Cancun early for:

our 2019 MYD Teacher Training and Urban Specialty Course at KHADE2019, December 2-5, 2019
https://www.facebook.com/events/373935906745448/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

and/or our 2019 Master Your Mix DJ Training at KHADE2019
https://www.facebook.com/events/1432410683556696/ for the Facebook Event Link
https://khade2019.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets

You can also check out https://kizombaharmony.com and https://KHADE.net for more information!

Kizomba Harmony: Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Going

Sometimes to better know where you’re going, it’s important to think about where you’ve been and what you’ve accomplished to date.

Kizomba Harmony (which is the dance company co-directed by my partner Monica Kathleen and I) has taught or performed in 16 countries and counting. We created the first downloadable instructional app Kizomba To Go which has been downloaded in 80+ countries (kizombatogo.com) and soon will be rolling out Kizomba To Go Online, a far more robust online learning platform. We have earned the respect of those who know Kizomba best, and have taught and inspired 1000s of students around the world. We have developed a unique pedagogy we call ”The Unified Theory of Kizomba” and have developed a unique expertise with which we are well equipped to teach Semba, Kizomba, Urban, African Body Movement, and more to any student willing to put in the work to master their dance no matter their level of “natural talent” or learning style. We were International Finalists in the 2016 Africadancar Kizomba competition, which only one other US couple has ever accomplished. We organize a festival in Cancun called Kizomba Harmony African Dancer Experience or KHADE (Click here for the FB Fan Page and here for the FB Event Page) with an all-inclusive energy unlike any other event of its kind, as well as our one-of-a-kind 2019 Master Your Dance Teacher Training and Urban Specialty Course (Click here for the FB Event Page) and our inaugural Master Your Mix DJ Training (Click here for the FB Event Page). We also organize the only competition of its kind the, Best All Around Dancer Competition and Weekender (click here for FB Event Link), in our hometown of Houston, TX, where we promote versality and strong social dancing foundation. And though I don’t promote myself as a DJ much, I’m becoming known as a very versatile and talented DJ (DJ Billy the Kiz), capable of playing for any crowd and getting them moving and grooving. We are building a unified, healthy community, where everyone appreciates foundation but is friendly to creativity, and where everyone dances in an environment free of toxicity. And yet we have barely scratched the surface of what we will accomplish as we continue to work and grow and more and more good people #feelthedifference.

And everything we’ve done, we’ve done it without posting lots of flashy/sexy videos. We’ve done it without pandering for popularity or compromising our values, integrity or authenticity to gain the support of cliques. We’ve done it while being ”blacklisted” by sexual predators in positions of influence and other toxic influences who feel threatened by our very vocal criticism of toxic behavior, and also by folks who feel threatened by our vision and the standards we are working hard to create. We’ve done it while being lied about, hated on, laughed at, disrespected, and more by folks who resent our potential, influence, and success.

How is our story possible?

Perhaps it’s because we’ve trained in-depth with 30+ of the world’s top instructors in everything from Semba to Urban. Perhaps it’s because our disparate learning styles forced us to break everything we were shown down to a microscopic level and package it in a way that anyone could understand. Perhaps it’s because of our work ethic, integrity, and consistency. Perhaps it’s because we have attracted and worked with mentors who are secure in themselves and invested in us.

But more than all of that, I feel that our success is a result of three things:

1. We’re damn good at what we do. Sometimes you gotta put the “false humility” aside and claim what’s yours, we’ve worked our arses off to be able to do what we do.
2. We are fully walking in our purpose, as this is what we’re meant to do, and we’re adding tremendous value to our community.
3. Most importantly, we have attracted truly good people with amazing energy who support our vision and appreciate what we do. No matter how much value we add or feel we add, without that support none of what we do would be possible.

So THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us to date YOU are the main reason we’ve been able to do what we do.

Our vision is to create a thriving community and industry, where professionals are held to standards on and off the dance floor, where everyone dances with everyone, where people can feel safe and respected no matter their dance preferences or background, and where everyone has a strong foundation, no matter their style preferences, and we’re doing just that thanks to your support.

This year one of our goals is to continue working to become go-to resources for professionals and dancers who want to master their dance and craft, whether it be dancing, teaching, or DJing, and we’re working hard to make that happen. Stay tuned, 2019 is going to be a big year for us in dance and in life, and we look forward to sharing it all with you!

Signficant Issues Facing the Kizomba Community 2019

 

In our first video blog of 2019, we discuss significant issues facing the healthy growth of the Kizomba/Urban community from our viewpoint, and solutions and advice for those seeking to help build or be a part of a high quality community and industry! If you dig the message, feel free to share!

 

Learn from us anytime by checking out our mobile instructional app Kizomba To Go at http://www.kizombatogo.com

Join us in Houston July 19-21 in Houston, TX for the Best All-Around Dancer Competition and Weekender: https://kizombaharmony.com/BAAD

Join us in Cancun for December 5-9 for the Kizomba Harmony African Dance Experience: https://KHADE.net

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