Salsa Music, Emotions and Movement

Nicola Lambert, my partner, has been running TNT since my resignation in 2015. Once a month, Nicola invites new students to our apartment to listen to, think about and discuss Salsa music; we believe that all new students should be exposed to Salsa music and have Salsa music demystified as soon as possible. We do… Read more »

The Declining Middle Class of Salsa

I spend time analysing the local and global Salsa scene to identify new trends and opportunities. One observation is the increasing gap between inexperienced and experienced Salsa dancers. Watching the US presidential race Bernie Sanders repeatedly talked about the declining middle class, which I think is a great way of framing what I see in… Read more »

PSS: Building up to the Perfect Social

I have been involved in Salsa events and organisations for the past 8 years. I do not work in Salsa for money but for the excitement and the joy of bringing people together. I do not find much enjoyment in doing the same thing over and over again for too long and I am always… Read more »

A Dark Day for London Salsa

My blog was created to share my opinions about Salsa and to give knowledge to those newer in their Salsa journey. On Monday 24th October 2016, two promoters in London launched one of the most shocking and negative campaigns I have ever witnessed during my 12 years of dancing Salsa. This campaign was littered with… Read more »

The Falling Pound and Salsa

I have been dancing Salsa in London for 12 years now and over the past 8 years, I have been a teacher, promoter, event organiser and general Salsa educator. On Thursday 23rd June 46.5 million citizens cast their vote in the UK Referendum on whether the UK leaves or stays in the EU – this… Read more »

Opportunistic Leading

Many dancers have asked me where I find the time to think about the patterns that I lead; especially given the speed that I can lead. The answer is that I do not think about what moves I will lead next but use Opportunistic Leading. This blog describes the concept of Opportunistic Leading, why I… Read more »

What, Why and When of Salsa

The world of Salsa has changed remarkably over the last decade; from the number of people that dance, to the number of teachers and more importantly the awareness of Salsa as a dance activity.  Ask your colleagues or family members about Salsa dancing and you will get an opinion. However, as Salsa has grown the… Read more »

My Performance Courses

In my blogs, I am quite vocal against the proliferation of Salsa Performance Courses and the impact they have on up-and-coming dancers and the future of the scene. Some of my previous blogs about Performance Courses can be read here: Performance Courses – gives my perspective on the pros and cons associated with taking one of… Read more »

Building a Salsa School (Part 2) Customers

Running a Salsa School is just like running any other business. In the previous article, we talked about the need to understand your own purpose which will give you conviction during the inevitable hard times. In this article, I want to talk about the Customers of the Salsa Scene, how to reach them and the… Read more »

Connection in Salsa

The second part of my leading series is about connection and will cover how I create a physical and emotional connection with my partner. In the physical connection section, I will talk about my ideas behind preparation, initiation, development and finally the lead. In the emotional connection section I will talk about mood, energy, empathy and how this… Read more »

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  • Home Schooled Salsa

    I am currently a senior instructor and managing director for London’s specialist On2 Salsa School, TNT Dance. As such one of my responsibilities is to look at the Salsa scene, assess growth/decline, and coming trends and put together a list of things that we can incorporate into our school to stay current, to continually add… Read more »

  • Salseology Live Music Social – Behind The Scenes

    Three months ago TNT Dance (a Salsa company in London) and Salseology (London’s award-winning Salsa band) agreed on a date for the next Live Music Social, Saturday 16th November 2013. Organising such an event is a lot of work but it is NOT something that is beyond the reach of the average dreamer. If you… Read more »

  • Thinking Fast and Slow

    I was reading Thinking Fast and Slow by Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman. I highly recommend this book if you have the time. In this book the author portrays the brain as two systems. System 1 as they call it is the intuitive quick (fast) thinking part of the brain while System 2 is the more… Read more »

  • 9 Years and Counting

    As I slowly approach my 32nd birthday I cannot help but reflect on the hobby that has been my obsession for the past 9 years. Given that my longest job has spanned 2 years (a graduate job at Sapient from 2004 – 2006), the longest optional course was 4 years (MSci computer science from 2000-2004),… Read more »

  • Top 3 Post Dance Comments

    Over the past 6 months, I have had some strange and amusing responses after dancing with me.  I thought I would share my top 3 post dance comments in a light hearted post.  My top three in no particular order: 1) When I walk into a venue the first thing I do is see if… Read more »

  • Enjoy Every Salsa Night

    This topic is dear to my heart and one that I wanted to write about for some time. Before we get started let me give the reasons behind this blog. I often hear Salsa dancers complain about parties that they attend. Statements like “I did not enjoy the night because…” – The place was too… Read more »