A BEGINNERS ROUGH GUIDE TO EVERYBODYSALSA.COM:
HELLO AND WELCOME TO EVERYBODYSALSA.COM The super friendly home of salsa dancing in and around the
All weekly salsa clubs and events are organised by UKA qualified, club salsa teachers. Currently holding classes on Thursday evening's, in the City of
everybodysalsa also hold periodical charity balls, parties and
intensive workshops.
Private tuition is also available at affordable rates and our team of
trained teachers also perform salsa dance displays and fun, taster classes at festivals, weddings and parties, etc, as well as team building events for
business.
New Starters classes take place at all regular club night’s, so if you find
that you cannot make your usual night, your welcome to come along to our other club that same week, so that you don't miss out.
Your development will be monitored by our super friendly teachers and
progression from class to class is determined by competence and confidence,
so when you feel ready to move from your ‘Level One’ class, to the more experienced ‘Level Two’ class, you simply inform your teachers, who will be happy to dance with you and offer you any guidance, that will be helpful, before recommending you for advancement.
A BLEND OF BOTH POPULAR SALSA DANCE STYLES:
everybodysalsa.com currently teach a blend of both Cross-body and Cuban
style salsa at five levels,. You will start off learning the Cross-body style. (Both
the
dancing). everybodysalsa.com gradually integrating the Cuban style as your
skills develop. We also invite high quality guest teachers from both these
classic styles, to some of our parties and balls to increase our dancer's
familiarity and confidence in both these classic styles.
WHAT TO EXPECT ON YOUR FIRST VISIT:
If you are coming along for your first salsa dance class, here is a short
outline of what to expect:
Upon arrival, you will be given an everybodysalsa.com dance safety guide and a brief introduction to our organisation. The guide is a list of common sense do's and don’ts, that when followed, help create a safe and friendly environment, in which your dancing skill can develop.
You will be asked to sign your agreement to abide by the guidance notes, before entering the club. The receptionist will also ask you for an e-mail address and mobile phone number, this is simply to enable us to keep you up to date with forthcoming salsa events, trips etc, as well as any last minute changes to planned classes/events, which occur from time to time.
We take care to treat all information with the strictest confidence and only
use it to benefit our dancers.
You will probably arrive at the same time that a more advanced class is winding down, don't worry! Your class will be considerably easier than what you see, as we all need to learn to walk before we can run!
NEVER DANCED B
UNSURE IF IT'S SOM
Many of our more experienced dancers felt that they had TWO LEFT FE
when coming along for the first time and many of us remember how hard it was to pluck up the courage to come along for the first time, uncertain of what
to expect, worried if it would be too difficult for us etc, so if your not sure
if you are capable of salsa dancing, here's the test: If you can walk, you can
learn dance!
First night con't: soon after the more advanced class ends, there will be an
announcement for the beginners classes to 'line up', which is an invitation
for you and everyone else attending our first three classes to assemble on
the dance floor, where all the Men line up on one side and all the Women,
line up on the other side and the teachers, (noticeable by their
everybodysalsa.com T Shirt's), stand in the middle. The music will start and
the teachers will demonstrate basic steps and turns in time with the music
and invite everybody to join in, (Note, this is not the lesson, just a warm
up, where you can experience moving your feet to salsa music, a bit like
line dancing with salsa step's).
After the music stops you will be separated into different levels of
experience, so that everyone in your class will be at approximately the same
ability. Once in your New Starters class your teachers will explain the
timing of the salsa music and demonstrate each step/turn before inviting you
to join in. The pace of the class will be slower than the 'line up', which
makes it much easier to pick up and the class will be punctuated with music
from time to time, to allow you to practice your new found skills at a
faster pace and hopefully in time with the music too! There should be time
in your class to have a little one to one time with your teacher, however
this time is limited by the number of dancers in the class, and when working
with the leading and following techniques, you will have an opportunity to
dance, not only with your teacher, but also with every other Lead/Partner in
your class, which is a great way to break the ice and get to know the other
people in your group. Your lesson will end as it started, with another 'line
up', where you will be able to see for yourself, how much you have learned
in the past hour.
and the evening does not end there, because your entrance Fee of just £
also entitles you to
continues straight after your line up and continues until
great opportunity for you to practice the new steps and turns that you have
learned. This period is where you develop confidence and your own
distinctive style and is, of cause what the classes are training you for, so
do stay on and dance, as without practice, progression is slower.
The freestyle club is also a great opportunity to ask other members of your
class, including your teacher for a dance. everybodysalsa teachers are
always happy to dance with you after the class, as we get a lot of pleasure
seeing you progress and are always willing to go over anything that you
might still be a little unclear of.
We hope that this rough guide has been helpful and look forward to seeing
you at one of our weekly salsa clubs soon :)
For more information please see the Classes page
WHAT EXACTLY IS SALSA?
Salsa is nothing less than a ceaselessly evolving multicultural musical miracle! It is a fast and passionate partner dance involving six steps over every eight beats of rich, multi rhythmed Latin music with a fiery tempo.
The wonderfully rich and lively Latin music becomes practically irresistible and after a while you will find it difficult to keep your feet from moving along to the rhythm of modern stars like Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin, or classic oldies such as Gloria Estefan and Santana. Either way the dancing becomes irresistible, the more you do it, the more you want to!
The Salsa music that we hear today probably originated in
It was not until the early
SALSA ROOT’S
The roots of salsa music lie in
The Spanish captors, who had wiped out the native, Indian population of Cuba, by a combination of over working and disease, banned the African’s native religion’s, even outlawing the playing of music, unless the slaves converted to Christianity. So slaves used the drum rhythms in Christian worship too. Slaves were forced to adopt Christianity upon arrival in
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