by Shulagh Jacobs | Aug 7, 2024 | Salsa Mindset, Uncategorized
Most people struggle with what they call lack of confidence at some point during their Salsa journey. I nearly didn’t start Salsa because I “lacked the confidence” to go. And almost all my clients come to me because they say confidence is an issue for them. But the...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Apr 7, 2024 | Out And About, Uncategorized
Attending your first big Salsa Congress is HUGE! It’s a significant investment of time and money into your Salsa journey. So in some ways it’s also a statement that you’re no longer just a recreational dancer or hobbyist. It says that you’ve got serious. Now...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Sep 20, 2023 | Salsa Technique, Social Salsa Dancing, Uncategorized
(Photo taken at I Like It Like That Vinyl Matinee Social, London Irish Centre, Camden) If you are at a Salsa club and having a break on the edge of the dance floor it’s natural to watch other dancers. For me it’s really interesting to see how differently people move...
by Shulagh Jacobs | May 10, 2023 | Dancer's Body, Uncategorized
If you’ve been to a mainstream Salsa club recently you’ll know warm ups are fairly predictable – both in content and the fact that only a small percentage of dancers bother to arrive early enough to participate. Some folk are still trickling in in driibs and...
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 | 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...
