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I have just moved to the Newport area but believe Cardiff is not far away. I studied some Salsa in Spain but free dance only, can anyone suggest the best place to go to free dance and meet some new friends.

Hi Andrea, glad you found the forum. Cardiff is indeed not far from Newport, about 10 miles centre to centre.

I'm not sure what you mean by "free dance only". Do you mean you only dance solo? When we say "free dance" on the forum we generally just mean "not a class", ie, time to dance freely with the partner(s) of one's choice.

You can find a list of all the Cardiff salsa nights on the listings page. The Toad on Thursdays is generally quite busy, so that might be a good place to start.

One thing you will find in Cardiff is that most people here dance cross-body (LA/New York) style - known in Spain as Puertoricense - while I believe in most parts of Spain they dance Cuban-style. You might want to try some lessons to adapt to this style.

Monday nights in O'Neills is a bit more relaxed than the Toad and the music is more Cuban-style.