by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 6, 2015 | Men's Salsa, Salsa Technique, Social Salsa Dancing
I was terrified when I first started to learn how to lead. I was worried I was going to find it too difficult and I wouldn’t be able to pull off a decent dance with another woman, or be convincing enough when teaching guys how to do it. This fear was mainly due...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 5, 2015 | Dance Yourself Happy, Salsa Styling, Social Salsa Dancing
The skill of improvisation in Salsa, or the ability to create turn patterns and shines spontaneously in mid-flow of the dance is not an innate gift or something that just happens when you’ve been dancing a long time. There are many extremely advanced...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 3, 2015 | Men's Salsa, Salsa Technique, Social Salsa Dancing
Learning to lead a freestyle Salsa dance is a huge challenge for guys. You’d think it was a dark art the way many Salsa teachers describe it. I wouldn’t go that far, although it sometimes appears that men who lead well have some indefinable quality that...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 2, 2015 | Dance Yourself Happy
Why do we dance Salsa? Why do we choose a partner dance over a dance we can do on our own? Why do we travel into the next city, the next county and beyond to get our “fix” of dancing? And we all know Salsa is addictive. We crave...
by Shulagh Jacobs | May 31, 2015 | Dancer's Body, Men's Salsa, Salsa Styling
There comes a point when a dancer has a great core technique nailed down and wants to start focusing on the things that will make their dancing look sharper and more stylish. But what tends to happen is that as the music gets faster, the moves get more complex,...
by Shulagh Jacobs | May 24, 2015 | Dancer's Body, Ladies Salsa, Salsa Styling
One of the hardest things for a lady when learning to dance Salsa is learning to cope with dancing in heels. I believe that ladies should dance in heels…it gives a much more elegant line to the leg and completes the Cross Body Salsa dancer’s look. Somehow...
by Shulagh Jacobs | May 10, 2015 | Dancer's Body, Ladies Salsa, Salsa Styling
If you’re a female Salsa dancer of Intermediate level, you’re probably starting to think about adding styling into your dancing. But for many, things like body rolls, ripples and waves are off limits. The main reason – before you even get to...
by Shulagh Jacobs | May 3, 2015 | Ladies Salsa, Salsa Styling
Are you a lady who watches other female dancers wiggle and shimmy their way around the dancefloor but when you try, it feels like it just “isn’t you?” Do you shy away from embellishing your dancing with body waves and ripples? Do you...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Apr 25, 2015 | Ladies Salsa, Social Salsa Dancing
When I was learning (and even now on the very odd occasion) I had those dances where I knew it just wasn’t happening between us. I couldn’t follow, I felt pulled off balance, dragged off time, wrong footed and worried about looking like I didn’t know what I was doing....
by Shulagh Jacobs | Mar 28, 2015 | Dance Yourself Happy, Social Salsa Dancing
When you first start dancing Salsa in clubs it can be daunting. You see all these amazing dancers spinning around the floor and feel despondent, wondering if it will ever be you… You came here to dance, but everyone looks so good, they all appear to know...
