by Shulagh Jacobs | Apr 29, 2016 | Ladies Salsa, Salsa Styling
Many women think of styling as showing off. As having to adopt movements which aren’t “them” As trying hard or trying to look a way that they don’t feel inside. They equate styling with sticking their arms in the air and being cajoled into doing...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Mar 7, 2016 | Dance Yourself Happy, Salsa Technique, Social Salsa Dancing
Why do we dance? For most of us, it’s because the feeling of connection we get when we dance with a partner is the most magical feeling on the planet. Once you’ve experienced that magic, nothing else comes close. If you’ve not been...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Feb 8, 2016 | Men's Salsa, Salsa Technique
Many improver level dancers – particularly guys – feel that they aren’t really dancing. They worry that it looks like they are just stepping from one place to the next in the dance and don’t actually have any dancing of their own. At that point...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Feb 7, 2016 | Salsa Technique
The Difference Between an Intermediate and Advanced Salsa Dancer I was asked recently “What is the difference between an intermediate and advanced Salsa dancer?” Most people would immediately assume that it would be largely to do with the amount of moves...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Dec 12, 2015 | Dance Yourself Happy
Those films like Dirty Dancing, Cuban Fury and Strictly Ballroom… They’re not really about guy gets girl or girl gets guy. Well they sort of are, but only on the surface. They’re really about self expression. They’re...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Dec 12, 2015 | Salsa Music, Social Salsa Dancing
The hardest thing in the world is to step out of a comfort zone. So when I was first asked to start DJing regularly for Salsa Machine I wasn’t really sure…I was more interested in developing myself as a teacher, and was enjoying my social dancing...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 13, 2015 | Ladies Salsa, Salsa Styling, Social Salsa Dancing
Don’t you just hate it when you go to a styling class, or watch a video on YouTube and the movements are so difficult and the timing so complicated that you know it’s going to take you at least six months before you’ll have it nailed down enough to...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 12, 2015 | Men's Salsa, Social Salsa Dancing, Uncategorized
There’s one question that I always get asked by guys after class, or during social dancing. And it’s one I often can’t answer. That’s because it’s the wrong question. They ask me: “How do I get into X...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 28, 2015 | Salsa Music, Social Salsa Dancing
Do you listen to the music when you dance? Sounds like a weird question…I mean of course you listen. You step on 1,2,3,5,6,7 don’t you…what else is there to worry about? You know which tracks you like, and you know that they give you...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 14, 2015 | Dancer's Body, Ladies Salsa
I did a private lesson for a novice female dancer recently. She was struggling because she couldn’t relax her arms and shoulders enough to feel the lead and was mentally beating herself up constantly as a result. The solution was really simple. For the first...
