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Gary Young - Teacher

Salsa is the commonly used name for a form of music and thus dance that was previously known as Latin Music. The Spanish word “salsa” meaning sauce and of course refers to the hot sauce as commonly used in Latin American diets!

Style

There are as many Salsa dance styles as there are people dancing it. This is because Salsa is basically a “free-style” or “street dance”. It has always been free and spontaneous with no set routine to follow or reference standard.
Once, all you needed was a few basic moves and the rest was following the music with your heart.
Salsa today however has absorbed many other dance forms to become a much more sophisticated dance.

Learning

Your Salsa teacher, Gary Young explains “We all tend to get good at doing classes instead of realising our true aspiration of dancing freestyle fluently on the floor.”
Gary doesn’t teach conventional routines, instead, he teaches the guys structures and the women signals.
With this type of teaching, “If you are good in the class, you’ll be good on the floor”.
For Gary Young, dancing salsa is like playing jazz; “Salsa is something that comes from inside you, it’s a spontaneous emotional expression. By appreciating the principles underlying the dance, the guy can focus his complete attention on his partner, the connection between them and interpreting the music creatively in the moment”.

G Y S T

Gary Young’s Structured Teaching is focussed on achieving clear objectives – to help you learn to dance quickly, creatively and competently, interpret music appropriately and, in short, have more fun on the dance floor.
Gary’s structured teaching brings parity between the class and the dance floor.
If you want to experience the sensual moves of Salsa and experience the unique methods of one of the UK’s and Spain’s top teachers, then book for one of Gary’s classes today

 

Gary Young

Training

Street Jazz - Pineapple Studios.
Salsa – numerous world class instructors
Health Mastery – Advanced Health and Nutrition Course

Special Events

World Salsa Congress – UK Guest teacher Sept. 2002/03/04
Dublin Salsa Festival - Guest Instructor Feb 2002
Paris Salsa Festival - Guest Instructor April 2000
Eton College Feb 2000/02/03 - Introduction to Salsa for pupils

TV and Notable Public Performances

BBC Human Instinct Programme 2002Salsa dance
Carmella – Film 2001 - Salsa dance
Breakfast TV 1999 - Salsa
Croydon Town Hall 1999 - Salsa
Croydon TV 1999 - Interview and Salsa dance
Channel 4 1997 - Starred in a two part documentary on Salsa

Special Skills

Original founder of “The Method” and “Salsa Academy” that teaches a unique fast-track method of learning salsa for men and women

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