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Empathetic Leader

A lot of people have asked me to explain how I lead in Salsa; and more often than not it is not what I do but how and why I lead certain moves. I have been dancing Salsa for 13 years and refining my understanding of the leading and following dynamics. In the spirit of… Read more »

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Reboot

I have retired from public teaching but still dedicate more than 10 hours a week to train those who (I hope) will be the next generation of Salsa instructors. For the most part, I work with new TNT students who are recommended to me by Nicola Lambert, owner of TNT Dance, but sometimes I get… Read more »

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Statements of Change

After 13 years within the Salsa community, I have attended hundreds of classes from a wide range of teachers. Though these classes have been extremely useful in building my vocabulary as a dancer it was often the things that were said to me personally that changed the direction of my dancing and had a larger… Read more »

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A Response to La Epoca (Part 1)

On Saturday 14th May 2011 TNT Dance Hosted the second ever Salseology Live Music Social and we wanted to do something slightly different. Instead of having a regular class to kick start the night, we decided to show a movie about Salsa, La Epoca. This movie was recommended to me by a friend and was… Read more »

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Generation Performer

This article is about a subset of dancers that seem to be appearing all over the world and growing in numbers. I collectively refer to these dancers as Generation Performers. In this article, I will describe the genesis, symptoms and long-term effects of being a member of Generation Performer. DISCLAIMER: With all my articles, I am… Read more »

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Seeing Through My Eyes

There are many ways to learn how to dance Salsa. For those that are new to Salsa, I would always recommend joining a school or learning from a single instructor in order to get their foundations built. Once the foundations are put in place it is time to explore other schools and instructors to refine and increase your Salsa knowledge…. Read more »