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...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Nov 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Many single people who start Salsa lessons assume that it’s all so much easier if you have a partner. A real life dance partner who you can call upon to practice with any time of day or night – at 8am in the morning when the kettle is boiling, or after one too...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Nothing happens without inspiration. In fact it’s defined as a feeling of enthusiasm or excitement, or someone/something that gives you ideas for doing something, or motivates you to do something. So when we hear that inspirational speech, read that inspirational...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jan 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
How do you know how good you are… I mean not just guessing… How do you really KNOW? Let’s face it, Salsa isn’t like learning Ballet or Ballroom where you have exams, medals, boxes to be ticked. And if it was, how do you measure and assess things...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Apr 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Wouldn’t it be great if you could buy confidence… From the supermarket or mail order from Amazon. This Salsa thing would be so much easier. You wouldn’t be scared of messing up. Of making yourself look stupid. The problem is, confidence isn’t constant. It comes...