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There is no need to book or pay in advance for any of our taster evenings, so please just turn up, pay on the door and have a great evening out. However, you always have the choice if you wanted to book and pay in advance by Paypal or bank transfer - then Tracie will send you a reminder to attend with full joining instructions. Click here to pay, or click here to ask Tracie to send you a reminder (specifying which course/taster you wish to attend)

Shoes are the most important thing to consider when dancing - but clothes are essential !
Dancing requires any shoe with a smooth sole that will stay on your foot when raising your heel. Girls: a court shoe with a heel is suitable, Guys: a brogue for you. Flip flops or sandals are not advisable. Your shoes also need a smooth sole, like leather, to be able to turn and glide across the floor like Fred and Ginger! Trainers or rubber-soled shoes will stick to the floor and damage your knees in the long run.

As for clothes, wear anything comfortable that allows freedom of movement. Within Tracie’s Latin Club, the evenings are quite smart-casual - some people wear jeans and others glam it up. So it's entirely what you feel most comfortable in.

There is no need to bring anyone as we rotate the partners for you. This actually makes you a better dancer than just dancing with one person all the time. So come on your own or bring friends, it doesn't matter as there are loads of people starting with you at the same time and everyone has lots of fun while dancing together.

Oh yes we do - and that's no excuse!

Salsa on Tuesdays and Wednesdays cater for Absolute Beginners on a month's course, starting at the beginning of each month and progressing for the duration of 4 or 5 weeks.

Thursday nights cater for Absolute Beginners each week of the year. No matter which week you arrive, there will always be a class for you. (See classes page) We assume you know nothing and progress slowly from there!

Tango on Tuesdays and Weds are based on a 2 month course for Absolute Beginners, where everyone starts together and progresses each week so that after your 8 or 9 week course, you join the Recent Beginners held at the same time with another teacher. (See Argentine Tango classes page)

Our normal classes are for those aged over 18 years and there is no upper age limit .... if you can walk you can dance, it's as simple as that. We do have Salsa for kids on Wednesdays at Woodlands in the summer holidays so please contact us if you are interested

TLC encourages a warm and friendly social scene and we have a broad spectrum of people, so take a chance and enjoy the dance!

Everyone learns at a different pace so your progression depends on your own comfort zone. Our teachers will guide you through the levels, giving you lots of 'tlc' and advise you when they feel you are ready, but this doesn't mean to say you have to move up there and then. You can take your time and at your own pace. We have had several people who want to be a beginner for a few months before moving up, so don't worry.

Level 1 - Absolute Beginner where we assume you know absolute nothing about dance
Level 2 - Recent Beginners for dancers with a few weeks' knowledge
Level 3 - Improvers who have been dancing for a few months
Level 4 - Intermediates with a lot of dancing experience
Level 5 - Advanced

If you have never been before, your first class will be the Absolute Beginners, where we assume you know nothing about dancing.   Everyone starting that night will be taught together for their first lesson and you will have a lot of fun.    We teach you the basics steps, the rhythm and how to lead and follow so that by the end of the first class you will be dancing!

On Tuesdays & Wednesdays, the Beginners have a monthly course before moving up into Level 2.
On Thursdays, you normally have one week in Level 1, then the next week you attend, you can join the Level 2 class for Recent Beginners, where you will learn a few new moves.  

After a few weeks in Level 2, you are encouraged to progress to Level 3/Improvers and after a few months, you will be encouraged to progress into Level 4/Intermediates. 

We have a very warm and friendly vibe where everything is at your own pace and there is no pressure to move up if you don't feel confident. (BTW we do not take medals or do competitions; our ethos is to get everyone dancing, making lots of new friends and having lots of fun along the way)

Tracie always says that it is the quality of moves you learn rather than the quantity and this will really set you apart from the rest. Keeping the rhythm and respecting each others ability and balance will make you the King or Queen on the dance floor!

Our fortnightly Friday Salsa club is more of a 'freestyle' evening when you can really let your hair down. The Improver class is the same as the Level 3 on a Weds or Thursday - ie for students who have a competent grasp of the basic step, a couple of turns and the Cross Body Lead. The Advanced class gives you all the latest moves at a faster pace, with heaps of technique for the leaders and followers. Students should have been dancing for at least a year.

As with most things in life, the more you practise, the more you will improve! Attending more than once a week will really help you retain the moves and you will feel more comfortable when it comes to dancing after the lessons have finished.

Most of our dancers are addicted because they love to dance in a safe and secure environment, where they get lots of 'tlc' and huge helpings of fun and laughter - GUARANTEED! Our teachers take pride in their teaching with the aim of getting everyone to dance - so come along and join us.

We only break at Christmas, when we have a 2 or 3 week holiday. So you can enjoy our classes all year round!

Our Salsa courses on Tues & Weds run from January to November, (we do not run them in December.)

Some of the guest Tango teachers take private Tango lessons. We can also organise private Ballroom lessons (please click here to contact Eileen) but we rarely organise private salsa lessons

Strictly No! We believe that medal examinations and competitions would encourage dancers to follow a more choreographed set of moves, rather than dance with improvisation and spontaneity with the music. Although we teach routines in our classes, we encourage the leaders to put individual moves into their dance at any point in time, therefore no two dances will ever be the same. This makes the dance very dynamic, improvised, energised and lots of fun!

Our ethos is that dancers should be able to experience all types of Salsa, so that wherever they go in the UK or in the world, they will always be able to dance with everyone. Therefore, we teach:

Tuesday classes: 'on2' New York style

Weds classes: 'cross body 'on1' for Levels 1-4 & also Cuban from Level 3 and at Level 4

Thursdays: cross body 'on1' for all levels

Fridays: cross body 'on1' for Improvers and Advanced, plus 'on2' New York style for Improvers

Tracie runs TLC Ltd at the Archers Club and hires the dance studios for parties, weddings and any other social event or drama/yoga/meeting etc etc. Please visit The Local Club's website and contact Tracie for more information.