Kizomba Dancers Adelaide
K.D.A.
Kizomba Dancers Adelaide is a group founded in 2013 to introduce and promote the dance of Kizomba in Adelaide.
CEO:
Gerry Ekserdjian
13 years street latin experience.
He first discovered Kizomba in 2011 at a workshop at Sydney Bachata Festival.
At the time no-one in Adelaide could teach him Kizomba. Therefore he began learning Argentinian Tango as many of the priciple are similar. He then would plan his interstate & overseas trips to festivals to maximise his opportunities to learn Kizomba. He has learned Kizomba in Malaysia & Hong Kong from international instructors.
In 2013 he gave the first Kizomba w/shops in Adelaide in preparation for hosting international instructors Helen Luu & Rob Lewis who gave w/shops in Dec.
They returned in 2014 for more w/shops.
He has been running Kiz-Plus since sept 2013. Adelaides first & only dedicated Kizomba social dance happening on the first Sundy of every month. He would provide a free introductory class @ these events.
He has ran two sucessfull major events the first was a Afro-Latin Party & Kizomba Bootcamp with Teejay (MEL) in Aug 2015. The second event Adelaide Kizomba Week! in Nov 2015. Rachel Cassandra (U.S.A) to help improve the Kizomba scene.
Currently teaching Kizomba, Salsa & Bachata on Tuesday nights at Unley RSL & hosting Afro-Latin Nights Monthly.
