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Hi, my girlfriend has mentioned going to salsa lessons. Always thought it would be cool to take up as always end up giving it a go after a few bevvies! Seems like it is mainly singles that go, though. Does anybody recommend going as a partnership and does it have benefits/drawbacks!? Cheers guys.

PS. Where is best for couples?

Me and my girlfriend go together / independently on the same / different nights depending on how we feel. Going as a couple is really fun but we usually have a dance or two at the beginning of the night then go off and dance with other people and then a couple together to finish the night. It’s nice to have a shared pasttime (and also allows us to practice tricky moves outside of classes). I wouldn’t say it was mainly single people, there’s a wide variety, and as I said whereas we sometimes go together we also go separately if one or the other is busy as you quickly build up a circle of friends (of course you never know the same people as I know mainly girls and she mainly guys as that’s who you dance with). Personally I enjoy Risa the most as you dance at teh same level (Beginners / Improvers / Intermediate) all night but Q Bar on a Sunday is also fun as its a smaller venue.

Hi

I’m wanting to start on a Tuesday at Cuba Bar but going on my own, so it feels a bit strange. Are there other people who go on there own?

Thanks

Hi Dizzy,

Going on your own is certainly not a problem, I started on my own.

If you read some of the comments from Jemma, Salsachick and myself on messages 15, 16, &17 on page 2 of this thread you we hopefully find all the encouragement you need.

Why not come along to Bar Cuba next week maybe just to watch, as I did before I started, however you might find that you end up joining in.

Good luck, have fun!

Hey Everyone,

This forum is great and very encouraging to those of us that are absolutely petrified about going to a class on our own. I have had a teensy weensy bit of experience but wondered if there was anywhere that myself and a friend could go that doesn’t involve classes and where you aren’t obliged to get up and dance, where we can just admire those of you bitten by the salsa bug. Have to admit there haven’t been any men in any of the classes I dance in and the prospect of dancing with a guy is making me scared witless!! - lol - strange I know!!! Any suggestions?

You don’t have to dance at any of the venues. You could go to Bar Risa on a Thursday night after 10, or O’Neill’s on a Monday and sit in the corner. Alternatively, La Tasca after 11 on a Saturday night has a mixture of dancers and non-dancers so you might feel more relaxed there.

Hey Tom,

Thanks for the reply, I’m going to try both Bar Risa and La Tasca and am determined not to sit in the corner, what’s the point of going otherwise. I’m sure with a teensy weensy bit of Dutch courage I’ll get up and from what everyone says on here, maybe there’ll be a man foolish enough to ask me to dance lol!! Guys watch out for your feet though!!!

Thanks again

What is the average age range for the classes. I’m over 40 and would hate to be twenty years older than everyone else!

I don’t think there eally is an average age as such! It ranges from 18 to 60+. Salsa seems to be one of therare things where age and what you do for a living don’t come into the equation.

Hi All

Have been wanting to learn Salsa for ages now and feel that I can pluck up the courage. The only negative (for me, anyway) is that I am 50 years young (18 in my head) and would hate to go anywhere where I feel out of place! Where would be an appropriate class for me?