Monday the 13th of December sees us host our last classes of 2021; from then, we are closed over the holidays until Monday the 10th of January 2022.
Please keep an eye on the website and Facebook for any updates. Any announcements will also be made via the newsletter.
Please note this post has now been superseded and won't be updated further - we have been back and open since the 1st of November 2021. See later blog posts for further announcements for classes and any potential disruption.
Current update - 8th September 2021
We hope you are all doing well.
As much as we love dancing and passing that on to others, we have been very aware of the health and well-being of ourselves and our students.
We are meeting up at the end of September to discuss the way forward, and we will update you as soon as decisions have been made and we know more.
Updates and announcements will be made in due course in the newsletter, on here and on Facebook.
Update - 1st May 2021
It’s been over a year since we held our last “in person” salsa classes in Knowle and
I often get asked by beginner salsa dancers for music recommendations, so I have listed a few tracks below to get you started.
These are slower and have a more distinct beat to help you pick out the timing.
Leave a comment below if you have any more suggestions!
We have beginners salsa courses starting directly after every 8-week course has concluded, so you never have to wait too long. We will take new students with little or no experience up to week 3; just let us know, and you can come in for a quick catch-up before the main class. After this time, we may only take on new students for the current running course if you've had previous dance experience.
We're taking a well-earned break over the Christmas and New Year holidays, but will be back in January with new classes and ready to burn off those calories!
Closure and opening dates are below - we hope to see you all in the New Year!
Thursday 12th December 2019 - Last class of the year (class party)
Thursday 19th December 2019 - CLOSED
Thursday 26th December 2019 - CLOSED
Thursday 2nd January 2020 - CLOSED
Thursday 9th January 2020 - Open as normal for new classes and courses
We return with the usual five levels of salsa - and back by popular demand, our first 8-week "non-salsa" dance course of the year with Alex will be Bachata-Tango!
Save your space(s) and book online now!
Theodore Roosevelt once said that “Nothing worth having comes easy” – I’ll expand on that slightly by saying “nothing worthwhile comes easy”.
This is true of learning how to dance.
There are a few, lucky, people out there who pick up the art of dance naturally and breeze through to greatness without blinking an eye (or so it seems). However, for the rest of us mere mortals, we have to work at it.
For me, learning to dance (starting with salsa) has potentially been the best decision I made – I have made many good friends and have a decent social life, I even have my current job through the connections I have made from learning to dance.
The people you meet are wide-ranging, are friendly, open and welcoming.
But to get to the point where you can start getting the most out of dancing through
Thursday 15th August 2019
Our current venue at St Gerard Majella is having the floor refurbished so we are moving back to the Hungerford Community Centre in Hungerford Road on the 15th of August. We expect this will be just for one week.
Apart from this venue change all times and formats for classes remain the same.
The Hungerford Community Centre & Social Club
Hungerford Road
Brislington
Bristol
BS4 5EX
We have beginners salsa courses starting directly after every 8-week course has concluded, so you never have to wait too long. We will take new students with little or no experience up to week 3; just let us know and you can come in for a quick catch-up before the main class. After this time, we may only take on new students for the current running course if you've had previous dance experience.
Christmas is close at hand and the weather's getting colder, so here are a few tracks to help keep you warm...
As some of you are aware, Alex and Hannah are off on a long holiday for several weeks, so from November 18th to December 6th we will be having guest teachers filling in for them.
Alex and Hannah will be back for our Christmas party on the 13th December.
The holiday season is fast approaching, so to help you prepare, these are our close & opening dates for 2018/2019.
Thursday 13th December 2018 - Last class of the year (class party)
Thursday 20th December 2018 - CLOSED
Thursday 27th December 2018 - CLOSED
Thursday 3rd January 2019 - CLOSED
Thursday 10th January 2019 - Open as normal with a new set of courses, including Bachata-Tango with Alex Fright
We will return with the usual courses and classes - book your places now to ensure your spaces!
Updated 28th August 2018:
From Thursday the 6th September, we will be at St Gerard Majella Church hall on the Knowle/Brislington/Hengrove border, until further notice. Unfortunately, due to a long-term booking, we will no longer have access to the Hungerford Community Centre on a Thursday evening after our last class there on the 30th of August.
The hall's main entrance is located in Buller Road, just off of Talbot Hill and is a 1 mile, 5 minute drive from the South Bristol Sports Centre. It is also located approximately just a 6 minute walk from the Broadwalk bus stops on the A37.
All classes, start times, and prices will remain the same.
Please see the venue page here for address and more details.
Updated 26th August 2018:
You may have heard that our long-time weekly venue; South Bristol Sports Centre, had a major fire and suffered severe damage to the gym
Following on from my last selection of tracks, here's my second offering of tracks that I hope you'll like...
Don't forget that you can submit your favourite tracks that get you up on the dancefloor- just get in touch with me via the contact page (try and supply a link to a YouTube video if you can as there's often more than one version of a song)!
We all have favourite tracks that we love dancing to, or even just listening to - these are just a selection of my facvourite Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba tracks.
We have beginners salsa courses starting directly after every 8-week course has concluded, so you never have to wait too long. We will take new students with little or no experience up to week 3; just let us know and you can come in for a quick catch-up before the main class. After this time, we may only take on new students for the current running course if you've had previous dance experience.
Thursday the 4th December saw our last class of 2017 - this was our end of year class party, and it was a great night!
We are taking a couple of well earned weeks off over the holidays but will return in the new year with new classes and courses.
Thursday 14th December 2017 - Last class of the year (class party)
Thursday 21st December 2017 - CLOSED
Thursday 28th December 2017 - CLOSED
Thursday 4th January 2018 - Open as normal
We return with the usual five levels of salsa - and back by popular demand, our first 8-week "non-salsa" dance course of the year with Alex will be Bachata-Tango!
Save your space(s) and book online now!
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