Salsa Classes

Good beginner’s Salsa classes will give you a real flavor of what Salsa is all about. You’ll learn the rhythms and the counting patterns of the feet movements.

The best thing about these classes is that you can learn many basics in just one or two sessions. By the end of an hour’s lesson, you could confidently go to a Salsa club and dance the night away. It’s the fastest dancing technique to learn at the basic stage.

There is virtually no other dance style that is so immediately rewarding.

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Salsa can be practiced anywhere. It takes very little space and in fact, if you keep your movements small you can more easily adapt to dancing in a club, where you usually have very little space to move around.

So don’t be phased if the Salsa beginners class you go to is absolutely packed. As long as you have an area around you about the size of a large bath mat, you’ll be able to dance Salsa just fine.

Since it needs such little space, you’ll have no trouble practicing it at home – you can even dance a little Salsa in the shower!

Partner Dances

Salsa classes will demonstrate both solo and partner dances. At a beginners class, you should be able to attend alone and learn the steps individually to begin with.

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.  - Anon

Don’t feel shy about going to Salsa classes if you don’t have a dancing partner yet. Dancing with a partner is something you should aim for once you are confident with your dancing. But don’t expect to do this straight away.

Of course dancing with a partner is very exciting, but they aren’t going to stick around long if you keep standing on their feet. So being able to confidently execute a wide range of Salsa steps is vital if you are going to eventually dance well with a partner.

The great thing is that, the steps you learn solo are exactly the same as the steps you’ll do with a partner.

So once you are confident with your dancing, to dance with a partner all you have to do is face them, take their hands in yours and you’ll be dancing together. Easy!

BUT, in order to stay synchronized with each other and in time with the music AND dance with feeling, both the leader and the follower need to have a good understanding of the basic Salsa rhythms, steps, counting patterns and movements.

So don’t be impatient. Get confident with your own moves first. Really dance. Then grab your partner. Strictly in that order!

One the other hand, sometimes this can work out fine. If you’ve made good progress during the class, to seamlessly glide into dancing the night away with other more advanced Salsa devotees is fabulous.

Fast Progression

One thing to watch out for in Salsa classes is fast progression that seems too good to be true. Yes, we’ve just said that you can pick up the basics in your first class – but we really do mean basics.

You should have the confidence to stay at this beginners level until you are truly able to dance the steps with Latino feeling – not just count your way through them.

As Salsa is rightfully a very popular, social dance, many people are flocking to Salsa classes to learn it for the first time. However, sensing the opportunity make a great deal of money, there are a few unscrupulous Salsa dance teachers out there who will kid you that you are ready to move up through the levels long before you actually are.

Feet Facts....  Salsa translates literally as ‘sauce’, a hot and spicy mix of lots of ingredients.

They’ll tell you are you are able to dance in the intermediate class – and of course it will make you feel ten feet tall.

But are you really dancing? Are you still counting each step and having to concentrate hard? Is the rhythm of the music really obvious to you? Can you dance a lot of different steps with out having to copy others? Be honest!

Skipping over the beginner level too quickly will only frustrate you later on.

Stay where you are until you are sure that your dancing has feeling and flows naturally.

As far as a warm a up and cool down are concerned in Salsa classes, there’s not much to do, since Salsa at beginners level is very gentle on the body. You may just need to stretch out your calf muscles a bit before and after your lesson.

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