✨ Complete Beginners Salsa Class ✨
Style: Cross Body Salsa On 2
🎟️ Spots are limited, when we sell out we will put the waitlist on
🍂 Class Summary
We are super excited to offer our first ever complete beginners crossbody Salsa On 2 class!
Covering the very basics of Salsa rhythm, the basic step, styling and partner work, this class is suitable for complete beginners AND experienced Salsa dancers that have never tried On 2 before!
🍂 Cross body salsa
Salsa dancing began in the streets, shaped by many communities across Latin America and the diaspora. Over time, shared styles developed so people could dance together, each one shaped by its own history, music, and context.
Crossbody Salsa, also known as En Línea, developed in LA and New York, where Latin American and Caribbean diasporic communities were influenced by local dance styles like Swing, Hustle, and Ballroom. It’s danced in a line, with partners facing each other and switching places back and forth. In contrast, Cuban and Cali styles are danced in more circular movements.
🍂 On 2
In salsa, the music has a steady beat, and dancers choose which count in that beat to start their step on - this is called "timing." On 2 is one of the main styles of timing, alongside On 1.
On 2 developed in New York, shaped by Puerto Rican and Cuban dancers dancing to the mambo bands of the time. Instead of starting your step on the very first beat of the music (like On 1), you start a beat later. This lines it up more closely with some of the percussion underneath the melody, which many dancers say gives it a slightly different feel and groove.
Don't worry if none of that makes sense yet - we'll teach the timing from scratch, so it's just as easy to pick up as On 1, even if you've never danced before.
🍂 Welfare & Accessibility
Step free access & accessible gender neutral toilets
We’re always working to make our events safer and more inclusive. Please reach out if you have access needs or anything you’d like us to know.
PA's can always come free. Just let us know on the door.
🍂 Low income & free spots
We have limited low income spots for £5 and free spots. Get in contact if you need one.