by Shulagh Jacobs | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
If confidence was actually real, there would be a way of measuring it. There would be a sure fire recipe for it – something which people could brew up for every difficult or scary situation they were facing. And you’d be able to buy it from the supermarket...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Mar 26, 2023 | Vlog
After moving into the new, bigger studio back in November, it’s been a quest to find a new dance floor to fit the bigger space at an affordable price. It hasn’t been without hitch as back in January we had been all set to go to Eastbourne to collect...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Aug 31, 2022 | Beginner's Salsa
The early days of Salsa lessons are by far the most crucial, as it is such a steep learning curve if you are starting from scratch with no prior dance experience. This is particularly true for guys, who typically lead the dance and have to master what I term “the...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Aug 16, 2022 | Beginner's Salsa, On2 Salsa
One of the things beginner Salsa dancers often ask after they’ve moved past the technical frustrations of learning the step is this: “Why is it called a Suzy Q?” It’s one of those things that seasoned social dancers don’t really...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 24, 2022 | Dance Yourself Happy, Dancer's Body, Uncategorized
My first love in dance was ballet. And my first love in ballet was Swan Lake. I’ve loved it ever since I was a toddler and my grandmother – a ballet-lover – used to play the Tchaikovsky score when I went to sleep over at weekends and she watched me launch...