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"Yes, yes, yes!!! In London! !! And we can skip the swinging! !! I am serious. It was done just yesterday at BMFC in Radlett. Just not enough salsa - more of the same, please!!!" Great couple of responses to the thread and a positive start! Love to hear more. Interesting quote about not enough Salsa. Is that subjective or was that the general consensus and vibe throughout the night and the people? xx | |||
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"Yes, yes, yes!!! In London! !! And we can skip the swinging! !! I am serious. It was done just yesterday at BMFC in Radlett. Just not enough salsa - more of the same, please!!! Great couple of responses to the thread and a positive start! Love to hear more. Interesting quote about not enough Salsa. Is that subjective or was that the general consensus and vibe throughout the night and the people? xx" No, it was the general consensus among those who did dance. | |||
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"Just a thread to gauge interest whether a salsa night at a club (_tasia and the large dance floor obviously springs to mind) would be a possibility. On the vanilla scene, this sexual style of dancing has a massive intake and could lend itself well to the swinging community. Typically it would start with an hours lesson, where you learn the basic steps and then party thereafter practicing what you've been taught. Quite often you would go and grab someone different to have a dance with. I'm thinking its a great way to interact, and get the communication and night started, the dancefloor filled and then the sexy moves getting people in the sexy mood. My thinking is that 9 to 10 would be a lesson, then 10 to 11 dancing and 11 onwards back into club music, as I think 5 or 6 hours would be a bit too much if you're not a salsa head. What are your thoughts? Please share so we can have a consensus. xx" Have you recently watched that Nick Frost movie where he learns to dance per chance? Great idea I think, I wish you luck in your endeavors, but maybe it would be better to have it as a themed couples night initially | |||
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"Would love to host this...maybe an hour or so of lessons, and then let it rip for the night. If there's a salsa DJ out there, just shout. "Frustratingly I do know a great teacher who could also DJ. Problem is it is in my vanilla life, a real close family friend who i don't think I'd want knowing about my little swinging bubble. But surely there are salwingers (a play on Salsa and Swingers) out there that can assist? Step up guys and lets give the swinging community another dimension to naughty nights and where better than _tasia, who are on board to support it!  | |||
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"Would love to host this...maybe an hour or so of lessons, and then let it rip for the night. If there's a salsa DJ out there, just shout.
Frustratingly I do know a great teacher who could also DJ.
Problem is it is in my vanilla life, a real close family friend who i don't think I'd want knowing about my little swinging bubble.
But surely there are salwingers (a play on Salsa and Swingers) out there that can assist?
Step up guys and lets give the swinging community another dimension to naughty nights and where better than _tasia, who are on board to support it! "If it's on a certain day at a certain time, a venue is a venue. However, if said vanilla person came in free time, might be surprised and get more than they bargained for  | |||
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"Anywhere I go, I always plan ahead to see where the Salsa places are, so always welcome any salsa events. I taught the Salsa at BMFC Pool party at the weekend and have done for 3-4 years now. Its one of the different events on the night and this weekend comprised of one warm up track - 4 salsa tracks and ended up with 2 Kizoumba tracks. I am used to dancing salsa all weekend but when you play salsa tracks in a "normal club" you need to know when to let non salsa people back on the dancefloor "Yeah exactly my thoughts. Not sure I'd mix up too much dance styles. Obviously there's Bachata and also Merengue, which is very easy, but I think with the swinging scene, salsa lends itself well. I think an hours class at the beginning to show a few basic steps (eg mambo, rumba and cumbia) and a turn or two, and then let them loose for an hour or two. An earlier poster did mention that he thought better to run on a couples night, which I kinda get. However, it is very important that if this happens, we try and get an uptake in the forums and promote it so there's enough buy in. The last thing we'd want is only four couples dancing for two hours. It needs participation from the guys as well. They can't just stand at the bar, claim they don't dance without alcohol and have two left feet. It's a bit of fun, get mixing with other and hopefully kick off a great night. I would complete the night with typical sounds that we drop on urban night, as I think that'll have a nice crossover and keep the mood and vibe on track. Are you volunteering to teach? | |||
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great idea I can combine my 2 favourite hobbies | |||
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Thanks for teaching at our party on Saturday DC! You did great, as always! | |||
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"Very good idea! We get a good few couples at our parties who salsa dance! I'm not a salsa dancer, but I know a fair few commercial tunes that can be danced to.. One that springs to mind is a favourite of mine "Maria Maria - Santana" love it and loooove watching the couples dance to it. Makes me jealous that I can't dance like that lol!
Thanks for teaching at our party on Saturday DC! You did great, as always! "Well as long as we get a DJ and/or someone to teach, I think we've got a night on our hands. We just then need to set a date and get people to commit. But yes there's a variety of music away from Salsa that could lend itself to dancing to it. As long as you've got the four beat and can count to eight, you've got yourself music to dance to and can have some fun with it. I think with some newbies and a few that have danced salsa, it's got the makings for a real good night and it doesn't matter if you've got two left feet or can't pick up a beat. It's all about having fun to drive more fun | |||
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"Anywhere I go, I always plan ahead to see where the Salsa places are, so always welcome any salsa events. I taught the Salsa at BMFC Pool party at the weekend and have done for 3-4 years now. Its one of the different events on the night and this weekend comprised of one warm up track - 4 salsa tracks and ended up with 2 Kizoumba tracks. I am used to dancing salsa all weekend but when you play salsa tracks in a "normal club" you need to know when to let non salsa people back on the dancefloor
Yeah exactly my thoughts. Not sure I'd mix up too much dance styles. Obviously there's Bachata and also Merengue, which is very easy, but I think with the swinging scene, salsa lends itself well.
I think an hours class at the beginning to show a few basic steps (eg mambo, rumba and cumbia) and a turn or two, and then let them loose for an hour or two.
An earlier poster did mention that he thought better to run on a couples night, which I kinda get.
However, it is very important that if this happens, we try and get an uptake in the forums and promote it so there's enough buy in.
The last thing we'd want is only four couples dancing for two hours. It needs participation from the guys as well. They can't just stand at the bar, claim they don't dance without alcohol and have two left feet.
It's a bit of fun, get mixing with other and hopefully kick off a great night.
I would complete the night with typical sounds that we drop on urban night, as I think that'll have a nice crossover and keep the mood and vibe on track.
Are you volunteering to teach? "I don't mind however the location in mind is not near me and you suggesting a couples night. Might be best to get someone local. There are so many tracks that I dance salsa to - Akon Belly dancer I use for warm up and loads of RnB style tracks, then you have the likes of Shakira, Enrique, etc There are also Salsa version of English songs that we dance salsa to, like Coldplay - Clocks, Michael Jackson etc | |||
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"Anywhere I go, I always plan ahead to see where the Salsa places are, so always welcome any salsa events. I taught the Salsa at BMFC Pool party at the weekend and have done for 3-4 years now. Its one of the different events on the night and this weekend comprised of one warm up track - 4 salsa tracks and ended up with 2 Kizoumba tracks. I am used to dancing salsa all weekend but when you play salsa tracks in a "normal club" you need to know when to let non salsa people back on the dancefloor
Yeah exactly my thoughts. Not sure I'd mix up too much dance styles. Obviously there's Bachata and also Merengue, which is very easy, but I think with the swinging scene, salsa lends itself well.
I think an hours class at the beginning to show a few basic steps (eg mambo, rumba and cumbia) and a turn or two, and then let them loose for an hour or two.
An earlier poster did mention that he thought better to run on a couples night, which I kinda get.
However, it is very important that if this happens, we try and get an uptake in the forums and promote it so there's enough buy in.
The last thing we'd want is only four couples dancing for two hours. It needs participation from the guys as well. They can't just stand at the bar, claim they don't dance without alcohol and have two left feet.
It's a bit of fun, get mixing with other and hopefully kick off a great night.
I would complete the night with typical sounds that we drop on urban night, as I think that'll have a nice crossover and keep the mood and vibe on track.
Are you volunteering to teach?
I don't mind however the location in mind is not near me and you suggesting a couples night. Might be best to get someone local.
There are so many tracks that I dance salsa to - Akon Belly dancer I use for warm up and loads of RnB style tracks, then you have the likes of Shakira, Enrique, etc There are also Salsa version of English songs that we dance salsa to, like Coldplay - Clocks, Michael Jackson etc"Personally I'm open to both night. Just simply that I get why a chap mentioned a couples night. I think the key thing is to get an attendee list and make sure there's a good balance as 30 guys, 3 females and 10 couples would not work. I've seen girls take the lead and dance with a girl on salsa nights, but don't think there's much uptake on guys dancing with guys. So would definitely need to get a good balance. Yes some good crossover music. I would definitely keep the music authentic for a few tracks and true to the scene, drop in a familiar one or two. Maybe something Spanglish and then finish the night with general music that lends itself to salsa but gives people the option to non salsa dance, but allows other that embrace it to continue salsa. | |||
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"Anywhere I go, I always plan ahead to see where the Salsa places are, so always welcome any salsa events. I taught the Salsa at BMFC Pool party at the weekend and have done for 3-4 years now. Its one of the different events on the night and this weekend comprised of one warm up track - 4 salsa tracks and ended up with 2 Kizoumba tracks. I am used to dancing salsa all weekend but when you play salsa tracks in a "normal club" you need to know when to let non salsa people back on the dancefloor
Yeah exactly my thoughts. Not sure I'd mix up too much dance styles. Obviously there's Bachata and also Merengue, which is very easy, but I think with the swinging scene, salsa lends itself well.
I think an hours class at the beginning to show a few basic steps (eg mambo, rumba and cumbia) and a turn or two, and then let them loose for an hour or two.
An earlier poster did mention that he thought better to run on a couples night, which I kinda get.
However, it is very important that if this happens, we try and get an uptake in the forums and promote it so there's enough buy in.
The last thing we'd want is only four couples dancing for two hours. It needs participation from the guys as well. They can't just stand at the bar, claim they don't dance without alcohol and have two left feet.
It's a bit of fun, get mixing with other and hopefully kick off a great night.
I would complete the night with typical sounds that we drop on urban night, as I think that'll have a nice crossover and keep the mood and vibe on track.
Are you volunteering to teach?
I don't mind however the location in mind is not near me and you suggesting a couples night. Might be best to get someone local.
There are so many tracks that I dance salsa to - Akon Belly dancer I use for warm up and loads of RnB style tracks, then you have the likes of Shakira, Enrique, etc There are also Salsa version of English songs that we dance salsa to, like Coldplay - Clocks, Michael Jackson etc
Personally I'm open to both night. Just simply that I get why a chap mentioned a couples night.
I think the key thing is to get an attendee list and make sure there's a good balance as 30 guys, 3 females and 10 couples would not work.
I've seen girls take the lead and dance with a girl on salsa nights, but don't think there's much uptake on guys dancing with guys.
So would definitely need to get a good balance.
Yes some good crossover music. I would definitely keep the music authentic for a few tracks and true to the scene, drop in a familiar one or two. Maybe something Spanglish and then finish the night with general music that lends itself to salsa but gives people the option to non salsa dance, but allows other that embrace it to continue salsa. "Oh no. Some salsa, some merengue etc. And then you non-dancers do whatever you want and we go home. | |||
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"An earlier poster did mention that he thought better to run on a couples night, which I kinda get." I'm not sure how it can be a good idea to run this on a couples night - to me the message would be that single guys are not permitted (considering single girls can attend couples nights). All it would do is create "strictly singles salsa" which I believe could cause single ladies to attend these new nights as they'd have more choice of guys to dance with. Whether there would be enough ladies for the gents (but proof of the pudding is in the tasting), not to mention the couples that (either half) would attend on their own. Its all a bit messy I think to suggest it should be on couples nights. | |||
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"An earlier poster did mention that he thought better to run on a couples night, which I kinda get. I'm not sure how it can be a good idea to run this on a couples night - to me the message would be that single guys are not permitted (considering single girls can attend couples nights). All it would do is create "strictly singles salsa" which I believe could cause single ladies to attend these new nights as they'd have more choice of guys to dance with. Whether there would be enough ladies for the gents (but proof of the pudding is in the tasting), not to mention the couples that (either half) would attend on their own. Its all a bit messy I think to suggest it should be on couples nights." The flip side is a mixed night is likely to be overwhelmed with men and not enough women, which certainly wouldn't work for a dance that requires a partner. This I totally get and this was my interpretation of the person's post. Ironically it was a single man who mentioned it! However, the point at this stage is not to choose what night it falls on, but simply to gauge an interest for demand. What is key to remember is this isn't replacing the high st salsa nights and lessons, but merely incorporating the theme into a swinging night. As a dance that can be hot, sensual and as sexual as you want it to be. The swinging scene is just adding an extension to this in which the vanilla salsa nights wouldn't. But at this point, it is market research and to see who thinks it'll be a great night and great idea. From what I've seen to date is that there is a good mix of single men, single ladies and couples that like the concept and if this is the case, then there's no reason this couldn't or shouldn't be run on a mixed night. It is enjoyment for everyone as long as there is a market there and it's not too top heavy with too many single males and not enough ladies to follow. What would be interesting is to hear from couples and see if both parties would participate or whether it only interests the one. | |||
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"Decided to run a new night based around music requests. If anyone comes up to the DJ and asks for a Salsa set, then we hope to provide it. Building it into a normal fun night, might make it more appealing to most. "That's nice - its just identifying the other salsa dancers at the venue to dance with | |||
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"We’ve just had a fantastic salsa night here at Purple Mamba x" Funnily enough, it has not really got off the ground here in London, even though there is no shortage of vanilla places. | |||
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