My identity is pretty much attached to the dancer and the dance teacher, and I am proud of that, but in that path, I still find several tools that bring me closer to living a better life outside the dance floor. As a salsa teacher, I have seen many different ways of improving as a […]
Life Lessons from the Dance Floor: Tools for Growth On and Off the Beat Read More »
Mastery was a must, a place to be, a place for growth, and inevitably a place of pressure. With time, mastery became more of a game of luck, patience, and a repetitive cycle. Let me try to go back to my years at uni: 12-week terms, 3 per year, a lot of content, always three
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For years, I found myself trying to understand people—how they behave and how an immigrant can fit into their structures. What type of event would they like me to produce? How would they like me to teach? How should I communicate with them to create a greater connection? Furthermore, how could I establish a group
Fifteen weeks before La Familia Showcase 2024, we decided it was time to create some teams. We could perform at our “Me Gusta” parties, or we could organise a small showcase in the studio for close family and friends. What a great surprise it was that after launching the teams, instead of a couple of
Every year is full of amazing experiences—experiences full of love, kindness, and excitement. Experiences full of people and sometimes no one. Those moments leave me feeling blessed and honored. They are invisible until I take a second to pay attention. Please take a second with me and think about something you are grateful for. Please
I honestly like to clog my schedule with more than I can handle, I am at the point where I am 100% sure that the best course of action is letting something go, but no, I just find myself adding more things to my day. So the feeling that was already overwhelming becomes slightly more
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Dancing, performing and connecting to the world. I have created a space to express, a space to do what I want to do, yet I am not always aware of how lucky I am. I am in a place of gratitude and compassion because despite coming from Venezuela with everything happening there, I went to
Stories of Growth: How Dance, Discipline, and Gratitude Shaped My Journey Read More »
I am a dancer, a performer, a writer. I am so many things and I honestly love that about my life. These experiences seem to have an endless amount of sources. In many ways, I notice that I am capable of enjoying and thriving in a different environment, some kind of superego that makes me
You are walking on your way to work and you feel a little bit of discomfort in your throat, the usual escalating takes you to a few days later and spending a couple of days in bed resting and recovering from the current virus that is going around as they say. Many times I fell
The world seems to be very similar within the circles you are in, we like to dance salsa, we like to talk about cinema and we love the same clothes. It is beautiful how humans tend to immerse themselves in the culture of the collective. 15 years ago, I remembered how hip-hop dancers would leave
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