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SalsaSabrosa
is a thriving salsa night in central Bristol and one of the largest
latin nights in the South West of England. It runs every Monday night
at The Ranch (map
with parking, StreetView),
one of Bristol's biggest bars on Whiteladies Road in the city centre.
Ian, Louise and Laura host no less than six levels of salsa
class, followed by dancing till late.
You don't need to come with a partner! You don't need to
book in advance!
As
well as the photos (left), check out our
videos on
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group.
News:
6th
July: Party night! Cuban theme this month, with 4 Salsa classes plus
2 Rueda classes (8.15pm Improver and 9.15 pm Advanced), two percussionists
accompaning the dancing through to 1am and 100% Cuban salsa
music from Ian and guest DJ James Perez. Our last party night (photo
below) was one of the busiest Salsa nights in the South West this year
- don't miss this one!!

Mauricio Reyes teaching, 1st June
Prices:
£5 1 class/ £6 2 classes/
£7 3 classes!!/ £3 just dancing/
£1 NUS discount
- Click on the class
names to find out more about each level.
10pm
'til midnight/1am Social dancing with music from DJ Ian.
FFI:
07946 577141or info@salsasabrosa.co.uk
The
Ranch: 59-61 Whiteladies Road, Clifton/Central Bristol (next to:
BBC building, Clifton Down Sainsburys, a few minute's walk from Park
St/Victoria Rooms), BS8
2LY .
We welcome new beginners
every week. Everyone starts out in this class for a week or two before
moving on. You will be carefully taught the fundamental steps of Salsa
- you don't need previous dance experience and you don't need to come
with a partner.
Syllabus: On
the spot basic. Back basic. Mambo basic. Rumba basic. Progressive side
basic.
When you have mastered
the basic steps from the Absolute Beginners class, you will want
to move on to some simple turns and you will be ready for the Beginner
1 and Beginner 2 classes. Start with Beginner 1 and after
a few weeks you'll find it easy to move to Beginner 2. As with
all the other classes you will receive careful tuition, enabling you
to move on quickly to the Improver classes.
Syllabus: Enchufla,
Basket, Lady walk turn, Cross body/dile que no. Plus variations on these.
Now that you are
a confident salsa dancer you will be able to progress rapidly through
routines that feature a range of well-known salsa moves. The classes
are different each week and cover not just the syllabus below, but also
lots of interest variations to give your dancing some sparkle.
We run two Improver
classes, one at 8.15pm and one at 9pm. Improver 1 is a little
easier and only when you are comfortable there would we recommend you
progress to Improver 2. Improver 2 will focus on dancing technique
that will prepare you for the Intermediate/Advanced class.
Syllabus: Cuban
basic (guapea), Lady (mambo) walk turn, Cross body/dile que no,Cross
body inwards turn (& variations: picture step, crucifix), Cross
body outwards turn (& variations), Cross body late outwards turn,Tops,
Open breaks, Copa, Cuban tap right turn (siete, setenta), + other moves.
Plus variations on these.
Once you can easily
cope with the Improver classes and can lead/follow the moves freestyle,
we suggest you to take the plunge into our Intermediate/Advanced Class.
This is probably the most challenging salsa class in Bristol and is
intended to stretch even the best dancers.
Ian
has been teaching Salsa for 9years. He dances many styles of Salsa -
Cuban, Rueda, New York and LA. He runs BristolSalsa
and teaches the Salsa classes for Bristol
University. He spent three years running and choreographing Los
Bravos, a salsa dance troupe. He still spends a lot of time choreographing
and performing, including on several occasions at The Bristol Harbour
Festival. He has DJed at some of the most prestigious clubs in Bristol,
such as Oceana, Java and Syndicate.
Louise has been teaching Salsa for 5 years.
She has an BA honours degree in Visual Performance and is passionate
about dancing. in addition to teaching Salsa she works on a free-lance
basis for Dance South West as Regional Youth Dance Coordinator and for
the London School of Samba as Development Manager. She runs LatinSource
which runs events, workshops and performances.
Laura
has an honours degree in Theatre. She studied Contemporary Dance and
Ballet for many years and has been teaching Salsa for 4 years. During
the day she works for the Colston Hall promoting live music in Bristol.
Ian,
Louise and Laura have a huge amount of teaching and performing experience
and are available for bookings (hen parties, corporate functions, school
events, balls, workshops, birthday parties, community events...).
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