Diego Oliveira

Something special is happening in Amsterdam. More and more people from different cultures, ages, identities, stories are searching for places where they can actually belong. Places that feel human again. Places where the body is not just a machine for work, but a home for truth, healing, and expression. House of Axénte became one of those places. I, @diego_omflow , see it every week people arriving tired, guarded, carrying their day in their shoulders… and leaving lighter, louder, more themselves. Not because we ‘train harder’ but because we REMEMEBER. We remember that dance was never just about steps. It was always about soul. About connection. About being seen without needing to perform, even in a city that constantly demands us to perform. At House of Axénte we built something that feels more like a family. A place where you can make mistakes and laugh about them, where you can move the way your body has been asking for years, where you can express whatever is present: the joy, the grief, the fire, the softness. A place where your rhythm is welcome, even if you’ve forgotten it exists. It’s raw. It’s imperfect. It’s real. It’s transforming. And this is what makes it powerful. In a moment where Amsterdam is becoming a magnet for new forms of community and embodied healing, I’m proud that our small tribe is part of this movement… this shift where people use dance not as entertainment, but as empowerment, as healing, as a way back to their own truth. We honor tradition, but we also break it open. We root in house dance, but we flow beyond labels. We move in studios, but also in streets, parks, kitchens, friendships. Because for us, dance is a living thing, a sacred force that travels with us wherever we go. House of Axénte (Axé= sacred energy Agente= Us) Here your groove is the heartbeat, and the community is the soul. Book your class and join us! Every Monday Capoeira Fusion 18.15-19.30 House Dance 19.30-20.45 @chassedancestudios 📸 @vintasproductions

Bringing fun to the community in Zaandam last Sunday! @danceconnectscommunity offer classes in Amsterdam and around to 50+ community and it keeps growing. Because dance has no age and when we hit the dance floor we are all one! ❤️‍🔥🙏🏽✨

I started teaching very early and after many years of doing it I’ve come to realize, that teaching for me is not so much about having control of ‘the script’, this is about being fully present, listening to them, and opening a space where many things can happen. Independently of the class, it’s an encounter. Most importantly when I teach my goal is to create a space where people can be seen and they can feel safe enough to express. Teaching is like an ‘invisible art’ where teacher and student are absorbing new ideas beyond expectation, something is planted every time ‘from that space in between us’. We give, we receive, we transform. If it’s well done the boundary between teacher and student disappears. Only the dance remains as a fertile ground where everyone grows. This is good teaching. Today I’m teaching again @chassedancestudios Capoeira Fusion 18.15-19.30 House Dance 19.30-20.45 Join our community @houseofaxente where groove is the heartbeat, and community is the soul. ❤️‍🔥🤩 Photos by our community member and social media manager @akachan_no_suteppu 😎

REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN 🇧🇷 This June, I’m excited to host an immersive Brazilian Funk experience rooted in the living street cultures of Rio de Janeiro, with the dance artists @jessicassqueiroz and @andreoliveiradb On the 19th and 20th June, we will dive into Passinho, Rebolado, groove, musicality, cultural context, and the embodied intelligence carried through Afro-diasporic movement traditions in Brazil. What many people see only as entertainment also carries deeper layers of collective memory, creativity, resilience, and community connection. In many Brazilian Street Dance Cultures, the pelvis functions not only another movement but as communication, claiming honorship of one’s body and space. Alongside the workshops, we will host a special donation-based Film & Talk Evening to its our guests on 18 June (19:30–21:30), creating space to reflect on the social and cultural roots behind these dances and the communities that created them. This is more than a dance event. It is a cultural encounter. Registration is now officially open ⚠️ Spaces are limited and we expect this edition to fill quickly. Comment “FUNK” and we will send you a registration link. Powered by OM Flow & House of Axénte Axé!🔥🔥🔥 Diego

DANCE WORKSHOP BRAZILIAN FUNK FUSION FLOW AND RITUAL Little Steps, Groove and Swing, Brazilian Contemporary Street Dance 22h - 23h (With your party ticket) WELCOME TO BIXARIA Queer Brazilian Club Night EDITION: Dog Sucking a Mango! 06 June 2026 Melkweg, Amsterdam 22h–23h Brazilian Funk Fusion Dance Class 23h–05h Club  Get to know: Di Oliveira Inspired by Brazilian Funk, House dance, and contemporary street culture, this workshop explores steps, bounce, hips, flow, musicality, and freedom of expression. In this Bixaria edition you can expect a mix of guided sequences, groove exercises, improvisation, and connection through movement, always in the  spirits of Brazilian party culture. With more than 20 years of experience in dance and movement research, Diego brings together technique, body awareness, and ritualistic energy through his method, OM Flow. His approach is not only about learning steps, but about awakening presence, confidence, pleasure, and connection in the body. No previous experience is required. DIEGO OLIVEIRA BIO /dioliveira EDITION: The Dog Sucking a Mango A sign that appears when reality cracks. An impossible image that opens a doorgate. The collapse of shame and fear. The end of the war against the body. You don’t need permission. You don’t need to be saved. Line Up:  DJ BRENDA DJ PYRAÑA DAZLBØY KBRAL Live Concert MARIEH DJ RÔ Bixaria: Mother Lucía La Gra$$ninha Princesa Pop  Performances: MC Mavi  Anne Jesuina Di Oliveira  Hannah Rojers  Pink Zombie  Organized by La Cigra$$ninha and Mother Lucía @debunk.the.hype @femmebeacttop / @bixaria_queer_clubnight / @dazlboy bebelsereia2 @femmebeachtop @anne_jesuina @diego_omflow @eamarieh @arosangelanunes @kbralpedro @maviveloso @humanthehannah @pink.zombie___ @adjbrenda @djpyrana @debunk.the.hype

Going to the gym for me is much more than training my body. A lot of people see discipline only as something physical, but for me movement has always been deeply mental. Sometimes we are not building muscles but patience. Other days we build consistency, self-respect, self-love, learning to stay present, then to continue even when your mind is tired. Because many times we are. I think the body always reflects the relationship we have with ourselves, the unconscious becoming conscious. The way we breathe and care for ourselves when nobody is watching. People have no idea, but you know. Love training as a way of organizing my mind, processing emotions, reconnecting to myself and learning how to listen better. The physical results motives , yes. But looking good is a result of feeling good, not the opposite. Poor us who would focus on just aesthetics. The physical part is just a consequence of an internal practice, do you agree? Every day is different opportunity to know thyself. #omflow #organicmovement #generalist #amsterdam

Welcome @andreoliveiradb from Rio 🇧🇷✨ André Oliveira DB is a Brazilian dancer, choreographer, educator, and movement researcher recognized as one of the leading names of Passinho and Brazilian Funk culture today. Currently in a powerful ascending moment of his career, he is bringing the energy, innovation, and cultural depth of Brazilian Funk to Europe including a historic first appearance IN AMSTERDAM on June 19th & 20th 🔥🔥🔥 André is the main subject of the Netflix documentary Passinho Foda, which highlights the reality, resistance, and transformation behind the dance movement born in Rio’s favelas. As a champion competitor, he has won some of the most respected battles in Brazil and internationally, including Red Bull Dance Your Style Brazil, Red Bull Rabiscada, Festival do Passinho, Batalha de Titãs, Rio H2K, Passinhos do Brasil, and AfterMath Paris, among many others. His artistic journey has taken him to major festivals, theaters, and stages across France, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Germany, Chile, and Greece, while also performing alongside artists such as Anitta, Mariah Carey, Heavy Baile, and Tropkillaz, and appearing in global campaigns for brands including Netflix, Havaianas, Facebook, Kenner, and Mercado Livre. Together with @jessicassqueiroz (see previous post) they are giving exclusive workshops in Amsterdam on June 19th and 20th. Inquiry: [email protected] DM ‘FUNK’ and have your name on the priority list. Registration starts very soon! #brazilianfunk #passinho #rio #amsterdam

Lately I’ve been teaching outdoors and it has there’s something deeply human that happens when people move together under the sky in nature: playing, sweating, breathing, laughing, learning through the body instead of only intellect. I love to witness strangers connecting beyond expectation or social masks. In a world overloaded with stress, speed, screens and disconnection, these moments feel almost revolutionary. It’s good to remind movement is never just physical. The way we move affects the way we relate, communicate, feel, and exist. My work has never been only about teaching steps or exercises, but about facilitating experiences that reconnect people to presence, aliveness and each other. Seeing people weekly become more open and confident, reminds me how necessary embodied spaces are in the times we live in. Outdoor practices Tuesdays 18.15-19.30 at Erasmus park. Join us whenever you feel!🌿✨🎶 @omflow_method 👁️ #amsterdam #outdoor #movementculture #omflow

Join House Dance Tuesdays 19.45-21.00 @chassedancestudios taught by @diego_omflow and meet the vibe of @houseofaxente where the groove is the heart beat and everyone is welcome for true connection ❤️‍🔥✨

Movement flow, strenght and mobility at Erasmus park is going down today at 18.15-19.30, DM me if you wanna join. @omflow_method 👁️

SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN… A dance born in the favelas, invades the world… A piece of Brazil, delivered for you… BRAZILIAN FUNK as you never saw before in your life… EXCLUSIVE AMSTERDAM EDITION! DM ‘Funk’ and get your name on the list⚠️ An event that will change your relationship to Brazil🇧🇷 More is coming. STAY TUNED! Axé 🔥🔥🔥 Powered by @houseofaxente @omflow_method #brazilianfunk #funkcarioca #rio #amsterdam

Raise your butts to the sky because… She is coming back with more love and energy to share with you all… I’m speaking about… JESSICA QUEIROZ @jessicassqueiroz 🇧🇷✨ Jessica Queiroz is a Brazilian dance artist from Rio, raised in Penha, a neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, and holds a body of knowledge of someone who grew up together with this dance culture called ‘FUNK CARIOCA’ (how they call in Brazil). She is currently on the third edition of her international tour, teaching Funk Carioca workshops, having already visited more than 6 countries and over 12 cities across Europe. AND… SHE WILL BE IN AMSTERDAM!🔥🔥🔥🔥 Get ready, more information soon. Pre-reservation via [email protected] #brazilianfunk #funkcarioca #riodejaneiro #amsterdam