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 | 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...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jan 17, 2015 | Dance Yourself Happy, Salsa Technique
“I don’t want to be a professional dancer…I just want to be able to dance a bit better so I can enjoy it more.” I hear these words a lot on my travels round the Salsa clubs of Essex, Herts, Kent and London. And they are usually uttered by people who are...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Dec 14, 2014 | Salsa Technique
When you first start to learn Salsa, traditionally you start off in beginner and improver level classes where you learn the basic steps and the rudimentary mechanics of leading and following. The next step on the ladder is classes which teach linked moves in a linear...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Nov 15, 2014 | Dancer's Body, Salsa Styling
Ever seen those moves where it looks like you send a ripple through your entire body from top to toe and then back again? That’s a body wave, and it’s one of the moves that women find most frustrating to learn when they start adding styling to their...