Sara Nicole

Sara Nicole

Sara brings a fresh and enthusiastic attitude to Brisbane Kizomba. She is extremely passionate about all styles under the Kizomba umbrella incl. Kizomba, Semba, Urban and Fusion and has been avidly sharing this love around the local and national community for the past 7 years. Sara is continuously developing and refining curriculum, teaching, choreographing
and training performance teams, alongside facilitating regular socials and practicas for the wider dance community.

Sara initially started dancing at the age of 5 with jazz ballet classes, however broadened her depth of dance education during high school, receiving exceptional grades in performance, choreography and written appreciation analysis. She was a member of her competitive high school cheerleading squad and has artistic roller skated at state and national levels.

Sara discovered her passion for Latin dancing during a volunteer trip to Costa Rica in 2010 and the Latin scene has been a huge part of her life ever since - offsetting her “day job”as a financial accountant. Starting her dance journey training under the instruction Kadu Pires, Larissa Thayane & Tarciso Tiatini-Climaco at Rio Rhythmics and later joining the teaching team at K&L Dance.

Sara has been touching the hearts of students, international artists and organisers alike, at a number of well-established festivals around Australia and Australasian countries, such as NZ Salsa Congress, Noumea International Kizomba Festival, Whitsunday Latin Festival, Australian Kizomba Festival, AWAKE and I’m Your DJ, Kuala Lumpur, with admirable feedback in relation to her workshops, performances alongside her former dance partner Luke Jorgensen.

Sara has also assisted Albir Rojas, Kristofer Mencack, Vasco Moestus, Lucia Nogueira, Azzedine, Audi MPK & Eddy Vents at various events and has successfully facilitated World Team Projects for Sara Lopez and Carolina Kizomba. Sara now choreographs and manages her own ladies team for Urban Kiz. She is also trained in Brazilian Zouk, Samba de Gafieira & is
working towards furthering her Argentinean Tango training, after placing 1st at the World Salsa Solo in 2015, and 2nd in the Professional category at the Australian Dance Cup in 2019.

Sara is now a key member in a community brand ‘BrisKiz’ with plans to expand Kizomba & Urban Kiz focusing on collaboration and harmony within the local scene. BrisKiz is the platform to collaborate with quality venues, employ professionally trained DJ’s and facilitate fantastic teachers to share their knowledge building the reputation of quality dancers with respect. Sara has also recently worked in collaboration alongside Manuel Cassotti (Italy) and has recently founded Kizomba Riviera Australia dance school alongside Chris Py (France).