Salsa - live and in-person!
(Looking for our pre-recorded salsa Beginner’s Course? You can find that here)
Class details:
Salsa in Wokingham, every Tuesday evening!
Where to find us:
Emmbrook Village Hall
Emmbrook Road
Wokingham
RG41 1JN
Parking:
There is some parking at the hall itself. Otherwise, please park considerately in the roads near the hall.
Times:
- Beginners' class 7.45-8.30pm
- Improvers' class 8.45-9.30pm
- Social dancing 9.30-10.30pm
Dates:
We run sessions weekly on Tuesday evenings. Occasionally, we might be taking a holiday break - to check if we are running on any given evening, please just get in touch, or sign up to our salsa emails to receive notifications keeping you up to date.
Other information:
- Payment is on the door, cash only (unless you have a membership)
- No need to book, no partner needed, no experience necessary.
- Wear whatever you feel comfortable in - salsa is very relaxed!
- Footwear - it probably goes without saying, but avoid things like flipflops that won’t stay on well! Trainers are great if you’re just starting out.
- Bring a drink (and a snack if you want one!)
Salsa is a beautiful, lively, energising dance - it brings so much joy to my life, and I want to bring that to you too! I have been teaching salsa (with a bit of a break for parenting!) since around 2003, and it has been one of the great loves of my life - both dancing and teaching it. There is so much to learn with salsa - AND it’s really simple to get started, and to start enjoying the movement and the music. For more information about salsa and what it can bring to your life, visit this page, or please do just get in touch if you have questions.
Benefits of dance:
It Is Fun!!!
Increases body awareness
Helps reduce mind chatter and distractions, and gets you in the flow!
Connects you with others
Boosts mood
Reduces stress
Helps with self-confidence
Is adaptable (depending on your needs)
Can be enjoyed by the whole family
Improves physical health and wellbeing (cardiovascular health, balance, muscle and bone strength, coordination, agility, flexibility)
Improves mental health and performance (memory, cognition)
What you will learn
Session content
For complete beginners, you will be made most welcome in our 7.45pm class. Once you’ve been to a few classes and got the basics (basic, back, side, open out, the left and right turns, and the cross-body lead), you can join the improvers' 8.45pm class. After the improvers' class finishes, we have ‘freestyle’ (social) dancing (all levels of dancer welcome!) - which just means staying on and practising what you’ve learnt, getting to know some of the other dancers, and seeing where that takes you!
How we do it?
Our live classes are a brilliant way to learn this beautiful dance. You can either just drop in when you can (payment is by cash, on the door - £10 for the evening), or we have a few membership places if you would like to sign up for one of those (if you click through the subscription booking link and get the message ‘There are no options to purchase this currently - sorry!’ that means our subscription option is currently full, although you can still attend via the drop-in option). If you wish to be informed when we open our membership spaces again, you can do that via our salsa emails. The booking link on this page is only for the membership option - if you are dropping in week by week, please remember to have cash with you to pay on the door.
You can also support your practice (or learn the steps from scratch) with the Salsa Beginner’s Course - recorded version, which you can access in your own time. This is the resource I wanted as a beginner dancer!! For all those steps that I didn’t manage to quite get the hang of in class, including lots of the ‘shines’ (that we use in warm ups), as well as the moves we do in partner work. (It might surprise you to know that I am pretty slow at picking up new steps - so if you feel that too, you’re not alone!!)
To join others engaging with this beautiful work, you would be made most welcome in our movement and wellbeing community.
Sign up to our salsa newsletter to be kept informed of upcoming salsa offerings, or to get regular updates on dates our live sessions are running on.
I have been teaching salsa for over 20 years (with a bit of a break for parenting!), and originally taught under the guidance of the wonderful Dean Maynard. I am forever grateful for his teachings, for the joy he imparted in his classes, and for the opportunity he gave us (myself and my now-husband) in teaching for him.
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