Charles Ogar has been a full-time dancepreneur since May 14, 2014 after being fired from his IT job. He is currently the longest-standing urban kiz instructor in North America. He runs a membership site for online kiz lessons. He has organized 5 annual international kiz festivals with the last two reaching over 500 attendees, pre-COVID. He loves to nerd out about musicality, history, fundamentals, teaching, training, and more in dance. He loves creating intellectual dance content via The Dance Your Heart On Fire Podcast, his main website (www.neokizomba.com, and also on his YouTube channel.