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Good luck with it!

Hi Katy

Just wanted to say how right you were. It was very very daunting and I felt like a prize pratt but my God did I enjoy myself, and I actually learnt to dance (well as much as you can in one lesson). I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I can’t wait until Monday!!! And may even attempt another class during the week, too!!!

Hi Sharon,

Just been reading your comments on this and the O’Neill’s thread. Yes Salsa has that effect on people, as I remember writing similar comments on this website when I started Salsa in February 2006.

Yes, it is daunting when you start, you think everyone’s looking at you. I just kept telling myself to be bold for the first few times I went and when you’ve got over those initial nerves you will find that you want to go more and more.

Good luck, have fun!

Hi
I have been dancing for about 14 years - I’ve done lots of tap, modern and jazz, but only a little ballroom, ballet and salsa. Should I come to the beginners class or would I be ok to come to a progressors class?

Beth

You should definitely start in the beginners’ class. You may need only one or two beginners’ classes before you are ready to move on, but that’s the best place to assimilate the basics.

Glad you enjoyed yourself, Sharon! It’s brilliant, isn’t it?!

Hello there Salsa people of Cardiff,

I’m probably typical of many guys that post here and in a common situation, that being that my partner has often said that she’d love to get into salsa dancing but I’ve always come up with an excuse to avoid it. Not because I’m not used to enjoying making a fool of myself in public but because I’ve always been more of an “enthusiasm over skill” kind of dancer!

Were both nearly 30 and I’d finally like to surprise my partner by taking her to a beginners salsa night in Cardiff but can’t decide which one would be best and most patient since she is a naturally good dancer and when I dance I look like an octopus falling out of a tree.

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated!

Hi Justin,

As you will see from the front page, and on this forum there is plenty of choice. Try a few and see which one or ones do it for you. You and your partner are more than welcome to try out our classes in and around Cardiff.

Check us out at www.salsabuena.co.uk

Above all, relax and have fun. :-)

Shahid.

Hello to all. Like other newbies who have asked questions, I have been aprehensive about begining salsa classes because I am a bit shy. I don’t wish to offend established dancers by my nervousness, and wondered will us beginners be paired up together in the very early stages? I would very much like to join in, and feel encouraged by all the friendly replies on this site... many thanks.

Pearl

Hey Pearl many people are apprehensive about joining a Salsa class at first, but few regret the decision! If they do, it’s simply that they discover Salsa isn’t for them, and never that they felt they were made to feel uncomfortable! The Salsa fraternity is always made up of beginners and experts alike and all the experts anyway were absolute beginners once. They know how you feel as they were once in your shoes and they are mostly very good at making you feel relaxed, allowing you to come along and progress at your own pace!

Hopefully that helps... Hopefully see you soon...