by Shulagh Jacobs | Jan 31, 2015 | Salsa Technique, Social Salsa Dancing
I had a great question from Debbie about a problem many women struggle with when social Salsa dancing, so I thought write a whole article with some suggestions. She says: “Some dancers I dance great with and others I muck up moves although most of the time I...
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 | Nov 8, 2014 | Dance Yourself Happy
There’s something you realise pretty quickly when you start to learn dancing. And that’s that the quest for perfection is futile. I’ve always been a high achiever…a perfectionist who was never content to go through through life being mediocre...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Nov 8, 2014 | Salsa Technique
Have you found that although you take lots of group classes, your social dancing doesn’t really feel or look any different? Maybe if you’re a man, your repertoire of moves hasn’t increased – you get stuck in the same turn patterns which...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Nov 3, 2014 | Salsa Technique
You could be forgiven in thinking that because the man leads the dance in Salsa, it’s all about him. Yes on the surface it definitely appears that way. The man decides what moves he’s going to lead, and gets a lot more room to play around with his...
