by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 10, 2018 | Social Salsa Dancing
As World Cup fever rises in the UK following England’s victory over Sweden, many people are temporarily taking their eye off the ball with their Salsa as they plan to give their midweek classes a miss so they can watch the semi-finals. But there are actually...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Apr 23, 2017 | Social Salsa Dancing, Uncategorized
Back in my early days of dancing Salsa, one of my first moments of real, sublime dance floor connection was to this tune… To this day it’s still one of my favourites: I’ll never forget that dance… It was the first time I felt truly in synch...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Apr 17, 2017 | Salsa Music, Social Salsa Dancing
When you’ve been dancing a while there’s a word that starts to appear in your vocabulary. That word is musicality. It’s a mystical word because no one really seems able to categorically define it. Yet most would agree that it’s something that all good dancers possess....
by Shulagh Jacobs | Aug 23, 2016 | Men's Salsa, Salsa Technique, Social Salsa Dancing
I happened to overhear a couple of girls chatting on the edge of the dance floor once… One said to the other “Oh you should go and dance with that guy over there…he’s a really good lead.” The way they were talking, you would think that “good...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 25, 2016 | Beginner's Salsa, Men's Salsa, Social Salsa Dancing
If you’ve been taking Salsa classes or private Salsa lessons for a while, the thought of doing it for real on the dance floor can seem really scary and daunting. The first few dances are usually the hardest, and no matter how well you’ve been dancing in class,...
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...
