Coronavirus (COVID-19) Statement - last updated 15th March 2020

It’s with heavy hearts that we have decided to join most local Latin dance schools in suspending dance classes until the risk from Coronavirus (COVID-19) has passed.

This decision hasn’t been taken lightly. We didn’t want to make an ill-informed decision or act rashly in response to the events reported in the press around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. And we did consider continuing, enforcing some strict rules.

But after much soul-searching, we feel that the only real, and best, option for students and teachers is to suspend classes until the risk of infection has passed. Hopefully, this will only be a few short weeks.

We hope you understand our decision and will be patient and join us again when we resume classes.

We may still be able to carry out private lessons but this will under some strict guidelines and will

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!

Salsa, with count

PLEASE NOTE:- Classes are currently suspended due to Coronavirus, please see this post for more details.

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.

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

Please see the venue page for more information.

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...

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)!