ZÉ BARBOSA ( CV ) & MARTA ( PT )

José Barbosa is an actor, artist and a teacher of traditional dances from Cape Verde and teaches Kizomba all over Portugal since 1999. With great influences from Coladeira and Zouk, Zé has developed his own style over the years. Marta Miranda has been his partner for about 12 years and together they created the Kizomba NaPassada style.

JOANA MACHADO ( PT )

Joana Machado......

LUKASZ & KAROLINA ( VAMULA PL )

Lukasz and Karolina known as VAMULA have been dancing together since 2008. Their kizomba adventure has begun in 2009 in the first school of this style in Warsaw. For different ocasions they visited Cabo Verde and Angola to deepen their knowledge and understand the culture of people that created those dances. In 2014 they got to the finals of Africadançar - 7th Edition of Kzomba International Championship in Milan. Nowadays they give regular classes in Warsaw and participate in different festivals in Europe. VAMULA is a project created with passion for dance who understand it and love it. 

MANDELA MANDELA ( ANG )

Nelson Nascimento was born in Angola, in one of the most popular neighborhoods in Luanda (Rangel), where dance and music are always an element of everyday life. In 1999, in Portugal, he started teaching Funana, Kuduro, Semba and Kizomba in the north of the country, and in 2010 he started his international career with Lisa Dunke and they form one of the most popular couples with a unique energy in the world of kizomba. Mandela Mandela created a teaching pedagogy based on technique, musicality, motivation, self-image, self-love and always with the maxim: Positive Energy, Constructive Energy!!! Mandela is a man of causes where love for art, dance and culture is his true compass.

MARCOS FIGUEIRINHA & DEDY MESTRE ( PT )

Marcos Figueirinha is a dance teacher and promoter of parties and events in the south of Portugal, in the Algarve. With training obtained in Portugal, Spain and Cuba, he teaches Kizomba, Bachata and Cuban Salsa. His partner Denise Mestre has been professional therapist since 2015 and in 2018 she started  giving regular classes, also adapted to people with motor or cognitive difficulties.

DJ OCEANO ( STO )

Oceano ( Dj Oceano ) started out as a Dj in S. Tomé and Príncipe, and in 2002 he began to appear at the parties he organized and at nights in Lisbon. Dj at B'leza where he organizes parties every Sunday and where the pure essence of kizomba is represented by his work. Oceano is a demanded Dj in Portugal and for some festivals abroad, having won the award for best Dj in Portugal in 2021. A simple person, his trademark is his smile and the way he lives music in. Its slogan is..."Azembora"...and..."Puxa" among others.

MIKAS CABRAL ( GUI )

Mikas Cabral is one of the most charismatic musicians in Guinea-Bissau, guitarist, writer and priducer, he sis the lead singer of the mythical Guinean popular music group Tabanka Djaz. Now in a solo career, he increasingly shows his excellent talent for the world of Guinean, PALOP and African popular music in general.