What happens at your first salsa class

The big one

Everyone is welcome

Plenty of our students are singles who come alone, or groups of friends who come together. We rotate partners during the class, so you will dance with everyone in the room. If you are a couple who prefers not to rotate, that is fine as well.

Arriving at our class

You arrive at Robina Community Centre before 6:30pm, with plenty of free parking on site and a short walk from Robina train station. You will be greeted at the door by Nikoletta, who will check you in. Your first class is $15, and after that you decide whether to buy a casual class or a discounted class pass. Before the class starts you might join in our free social dancing, chat with us if you have any questions, or just sit and watch.

Then the class starts with a warmup song, everybody facing the front to follow us for some footwork and body movements. The aim is not perfection. Just have fun, move your body, and learn some steps you can practise at home even without a partner.

Then we split the class into groups for Beginners, Improvers and Intermediate, each with a dedicated instructor. You will learn some partnerwork turn patterns focused on practical techniques for social dancing.

Once everyone has learned the pattern, the music plays. You will pair up, practise what you just learned, then rotate and try again with a different partner.

Age, and everything else

Is it too late to start?

No. Adults across a broad age range come to Monday classes, and there is no upper end to it.

The room is a mix. On any Monday there are people in their twenties and people in their sixties, people who have danced for years and people on their first night. Everybody there was new once, and most of them remember it.

If you want to know more before Monday, we have written about the dance you will be learning.