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Music, TravelMickelaDecember 20, 2011Bray, dancing, Harbour Bar, Ireland, Irish dance, Lonely Planet, Trad Session

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I’ve been a little MIA on social media, but I hope you’ll forgive me for my absence. It’s been a crazy few weeks of speaking engagements, non-stop travel, but what we’ve been really working on are edits for this new #BareFeetDNA season! It is crunch time for #TeamBareFeet as we are in full edit mode - but I have to say, I couldn’t be more proud of the new season. Truly. I’m moved to tears as I am re-living what the past 2 years of hard work looks like - and from filming the first episode of the new season last year, I’m reminded of the beautiful people I get to meet, dance with, and of course make music with. Like Manana - she taught me such a beautiful song from the region of Kazbegi in the Republic of Georgia on this traditional instrument, the panduri 🇬🇪 I can only keep thinking over and over again, thank you - thank you to all of these incredible people for letting me feel the rhythms of my DNA - გმადლობთ ! Gracias! Grazie! Merci! ευχαριστώ! شكرا جزيلا ! 🙏❤️
📷: @lina_land

What an amazing way to wrap up and celebrate the end of #WomensHistoryMonth! 💪 Thank you to @downtownmagnyc for including me in their HEAR US ROAR! 50 Women Changing The World piece - this list is inspiring, and I am beyond honored to be included with women who I have been admiring throughout my life! 🙏❤️ #girlboss #womenwhotravel

Happy #TravelTuesday - I’ve always found #dance as a way to communicate with strangers, but sometimes it’s just fun to use dance as a way to become part of the landscape. #Chefchaouen truly is a magical city, and I couldn’t help myself but grab the perfect instagram shot! #guiltyascharged Check out some of our other #BareFeetArabesque shots we tried in our #instastories
📷: @evancarters_party
#BareFeetSeries #BareFeetDNA

Today I talk about my #BareFeetDNA journey so far and how incredibly beautiful and life-changing this experience has been for me at the #DCTravelShow. After this week’s massacre in New Zealand, I wanted to reflect on how I’ve been feeling - regions in my #DNA map cover Muslim countries like #Morocco, and I have only experienced love, kindness, and open arms embracing me as one of their own. As a traveler, I feel privileged to see every day how our differences are pretty insignificant - we all need food, shelter, love, community, and a little bit of #dance & #music to survive. That goes for everyone around the world, even our neighbors in our own backyard. May we remember these important similarities between us all, and the beauty of compassion, love, and kindness that will get us through these difficult times to help us move forward in the right direction. 💙

#TeamBareFeet is at it again - I’m back filming another episode of the #BareFeetDNA series, and I’m warning you now, this new season is filled with a lot of tears. Don’t worry, they are so many tears of joy and overwhelming emotion, some of which I cannot explain; but all I can say is that the connection I have been feeling with so many different people along this journey has been unforgettable and life-changing. We made it to Morocco where Dar Gnawa took me right in and let me share in the ecstatic #dance and #music that truly touches the heart 🇲🇦 I don’t know what happened to me with them, but this photo was taken right after the tears were streaming down my face where I was able to return back to some sort of reality. Shukraan, Dar Gnawa, I’ll never forget this moment, ever.
And I can’t wait for all of you to see this new season of the #BareFeetSeries - stay tuned!!! 📷: @evancarters_party

Happy #ThrowbackThursday to dancing with Taraf de Caliu in Clejani, Romania 🇷🇴 Join me this weekend at the #DenverTravelShow where I’ll be sharing my #BareFeetDNA experience that has truly been life-changing for me! And next week I head back on the road with my team, @lina_land & @evancarters_party, to film another episode of the #BareFeetSeries for our new #BareFeetDNA season! ❤️ Just thinking about more of these magical experiences through #dance and #music with complete strangers makes me feel alive, and I’m so excited to share where my DNA will take me next! Stay tuned for our @facebook LIVE announcement next week from where our Episode #9 is taking us (*HINT - it will be in a completely new region of the world where I’ve never been yet!! Any guesses?!?) 📷: @evancarters_party

It’s not that often that I get to return to a place that I’ve had the honor of visiting and immersing myself through dance and music with the #BareFeetSeries - but I’m so glad to be back in the @guadeloupeislands to continue this #GwadaCarnival adventure. We were here 3 years ago already, and though we were on the island for only a few days on our first trip, being back has such a different feeling: I’ve been reconnecting with so many old friends, dancing and making music with new ones, and truly feeling part of the community here, as if I’ve never left. It is such a privilege to be able to come back, and I am so grateful for that luxury. Merci to the beautiful people of Guadeloupe - you’ve reminded me that the connections made through these Bare Feet adventures are ever-lasting ❤️
📷: @evancarters_party

ATTENTION NEW YORKERS!! Come #dance with me and @cgs_canzoniere TODAY, 1/26 at 1pm at The New York Times Travel Show at the @javitscenter!! We'll be by the @weareinpuglia booth - you'll get to dance and meet the incredible pizzica family that we are featuring in our upcoming season, coming out this spring on NYC Life and @pbs!
And speaking of the upcoming season, I'm going to be showing a SNEAK PEEK of the #BareFeetDNA series at 4pm where I'll be speaking on a panel about one of the biggest travel trends for 2019, Traveling Through Your Ancestral Roots! For tickets and info, go to www.travelbarefeet.com/meet-mickela/ 💃🏻 Join us, dance with us, chat with us, take photos with us, and of course, please don't hesitate to say hello - see you all soon!! 📷: @shootmytravel
#NYTTravelShow

I remember every destination I visit not necessarily by its beautiful vistas but by its rhythms, the movements that the people teach me, and the music that rings in my ears! The @guadeloupeislands is no different – if anything, the #music and #dance culture here is one of the strongest I have ever experienced – with dancers and musicians in the streets, all day everyday.
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I went to visit @akademiduka to learn Gwoka, the improvisational dance and music where both the drummer and the dancer are having a conversation together without words. Watch this full video on our YouTube or Facebook Channels (link in bio), and see why I fell in love with the beautiful rhythms of the Guadeloupe Islands! #GwadaCarnival

As you all know, I can’t just sit and watch while everyone else is making music. So, per usual, I asked if @maskakle would teach me to play the Chacha (prounounced Sha-Sha) – and of course, they were more than happy to let me join in. It’s a simple instrument (a dried calabash filled with grains), but it takes a lot of muscle and heart to play, especially for the hours of marching that goes on during #Carnival in the @guadeloupeislands. But it is so meditative, and with every shake, you feel like you are part of something bigger – a little voice that when surrounded by so many becomes a huge roar! #GwadaCarnival *******************
Check out Episode 2 of this 7-part video series, brought to you by The Guadeloupe Islands Tourism, @villageexperiencecarnaval, and @flynorwegian! I’m sharing the celebrations leading up to me joining The Extraordinary BBlack Cruise and The Carnival Village in a few weeks – this week’s episode is The Pajama Parade, Guadeloupe’s version of J’Ouvert (to open the day). Watch the full videos on our @youtube and @Facebook channels! *******************
And you too can join us in the festivities on the Guadeloupe Islands, now through March 6th!
Carnival Village Experience
Saturday, Feb 9, 2019 - all day in Pointe-á-Pitre
BBlack Extraordinary Carnival Cruise
Feb 9-16, 2019 - from Pointe-á-Pitre, Guadeloupe, FWI

#sponsoredpartnership

I make this face when I’m having the time of my life, usually dancing with a complete stranger who has shown me incredible kindness – so needless to say, that is EXCACTLY what is happening during #Carnival celebrations in the @guadeloupeislands! #GwadaCarnival
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I’m excited to announce the launch of this 7-part video series, brought to you by The Guadeloupe Islands Tourism, The Extraordinary BBlack Cruise, and @flynorwegian! Check it out the full videos on our @youtube and @Facebook channels! In anticipation of the upcoming BBlack Cruise and The Carnival Village, I’m sharing what this month-long party really means. And to kick off the festivities, I start at Les Marchandes de Basse-Terre, a long-held tradition of venerating the women fruit and vegetable vendors on the island. The Guadeloupe Islands have a strong and beautiful identity that is like no other, and as you’ll see over the next month, I was very lucky to be able to immerse myself fully with the people of this colorful and unique place. Bonne fetes, everyone – I can’t wait for you to see what else we have coming for you!
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And you too can join us in the festivities on the Guadeloupe Islands, now through March 6th!
Carnival Village Experience
Saturday, Feb 9, 2019 - all day in Pointe-á-Pitre
BBlack Extraordinary Carnival Cruise
Feb 9-16, 2019 - from Pointe-á-Pitre, Guadeloupe, FWI

#sponsoredpartnership

Happy #MotivationMonday! We’re starting off this week (and let’s be serious) this YEAR with some serious moves - a new digital series kicks off on YouTube this week, we’re continuing the #BareFeetDNA journey (we are NOT done yet!), and we have some other exciting news that’s in the horizon (nothing I can disclose quite yet...) 💪

I had an amazing chat with a friend yesterday who really helped me put things in perspective - he said, “Mickela, what do you love about your job? What are the things you TRULY enjoy?” My answer: 1. The planning and creative process of the show, coming up with the ideas, reaching out to the dance groups, planning all the travel details - I LOVE THAT! 2. Being on camera - I didn’t realize how much I loved doing it until we started filming this new season of the #BareFeetSeries again. So much time passes by between seasons because of all the planning and prep and fundraising, but I really do have so much fun filming this series! And 3. Meeting and speaking with all of the people who have been touched by this work - I can’t tell you how much I enjoy sharing my story and being honest with the process of creating a #passionproject. And I absolutely adore running into fans, receiving beautiful and heartfelt messages on how Bare Feet has inspired them to travel or dance again or just step out of their comfort zone.

Here we go, 2019!! ✨ 📷: @evancarters_party

2018 has been an incredible year, and as we draw to a close, I just want to say THANK YOU for letting me share this #BareFeetSeries adventure with you all! From filming the new #BareFeetDNA season and sharing this personal journey of self-discovery to yet another @nyemmyawards WIN to living out my dream of being the @danceparadenyc Grand Marshal to sharing my own story on stages across the country to meeting you all in person and sharing a hug together, this truly has been a year of work, love, dance, and above all, joy! The joy I feel from pursuing this project cannot be measured by the overwhelming joy I feel by hitting so many of these milestones along the way. Thank YOU, and thank you, 2018! Wishing you all an incredible close to yet another year with hopes of a prosperous, healthy, and happy 2019! ❤️✨

Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been a little less active on social media than normal. And by normal, I mean the standards set for posting frequently, consistently, and positively for someone who has a presence online and on television and in life in general. This is what being very active on social media really looks like - being isolated in the real world, missing out from interacting with people who are physically near me, not sharing a laugh, not passing a dish to taste, not shaking a hand to learn someone’s name. Don’t get me wrong, I love every one of you who shares what this #BareFeetDNA and #BareFeetSeries journey has meant to you over the last 8 years. And above all, I can’t thank you enough for ALLOWING me to share this journey with you. But until 2019 begins, until the hustle and bustle of constant travel and content creation start anew, I want to remind you that putting your phone down is a very good thing to do in this world too ❤️ Thank you to @shootmytravel for capturing this moment and for its important reminder 🙏

Happy #TravelTuesday! While filming the #BareFeetSeries, my family tends to grow. The #BareFeetCrew is the family that starts the journey with me, who see it through with me from start to finish; our hosts and our guides quickly become family as we work long hours together, working tirelessly to fit everything we need in a limited amount of time; and the people that I dress up with, dance with, and make music with are the family that don’t really have any other choice but to take us in: we are the long-lost relatives that just show up at their door. We may not all share the same blood, but it never fails, we all become one big family every time ❤️ #BareFeetDNA #ExperienceRomania 🇷🇴

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