by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 13, 2021 | Social Salsa Dancing
Chances are when you step onto a social dance floor for the first time after lockdown you will feel rusty and unfit. We all will. It doesn’t matter how good a dancer you are, no one can stop for nearly a year and a half and not notice some deficit in their...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 8, 2021 | Dancer's Body
Body isolation is usually presented as the first step towards learning body movement in Salsa dance. Yet how many of us have watched even seasoned social dancers struggle and get increasingly frustrated when they just can’t make that body part behave and move...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 12, 2018 | Dancer's Body
Your ability to execute Salsa moves and shines in a way that is safe, aesthetically pleasing, smooth and technically correct will usually be limited by one thing… Your body!! Specifically your mobility, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance Now...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Dec 27, 2014 | Dance Yourself Happy, Dancer's Body
If you’re anything like most people, then year after year you’ve probably binged on alcohol and festive goodies throughout the whole of the festive period and then as soon as it hits January you’ve gone on the detox New Years bandwagon, lost a few...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Nov 9, 2014 | Dancer's Body
Strictly is back on our screens, and with it the amazing bodies of the female professional dancers strutting their stuff in those gorgeous, sparkly, and sometimes skimpy costumes. Strong, fit, flexible and toned, it’s hard not to be envious. What woman...