Home Salsa class timetable & FAQs ZUMBA! What’s On Book us for an event Our team Links
Our clients at play Tango! Bachata! Contact us by email or on 07932010612
academia de salsa
MUCH MORE THAN JUST A DANCE SCHOOL....
Academia de Salsa..promoting Latino Culture for 19 years!
WARNING: SALSA IS ADDICTIVE!
GIFT PACKS/ VOUCHERS
What an excellent gift choice! Affordable, unique and ever so much fun!
An 8 week Salsa beginners course for 1 or 2 people.
Our ULTIMATE SALSA EXPERIENCE gift pack is valid for 6 months and includes:
*8 week salsa course for Absolute Beginners
*An instructional DVD
*A Music CD
To order simply TEXT/CALL 07932010612 or by email
We can usually dispatch same day for cash sales or 24hrs after cheque clears.
No job is too big or small for us, too normal or too strange!
You can meet with one of our team to discuss your needs and together we will plan the perfect party whether it be a wedding, festival, birthday party, office Christmas, team building, conference, charity event or hen night.
We do the work - you take the credit!
DANCE CLASSES
Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Rueda de Casino, Regaeton and Hip Hop.
Fancy spending New Year in Havana? We work with highly reputable UK tour operators that specialise in dance and language tours to Cuba.
We also organise salsa weekend breaks such as Barcelona, Paris and enchanting Wales!
Welcome to Academia de Salsa and the exhilarating world of Cuban Salsa in Scotland!!
Sign up to our newsletter above and we’ll keep you posted on all things Latino in the Glasgow area and Scotland-wide!
We aim to promote ALL things latino…which is why we are so much more than just a dance school!
SALSA FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS! Learn to Salsa on any one of our highly acclaimed beginners classes held throughout the city and discover a vibrant and exciting social life that you would never have imagined possible outside of Cuba!
Catch up with your friends for a drink as you socialise the latino way..by dancing and indulging in a delicious Mojito cocktail!
The biggest bonus of all is that you'll discover a leisurely way to tone up and shed a few pounds without disrupting your social life!
Now that's what I call a great night out at the pub!
Once you have savoured the delights of salsa dancing in class you won't look back and we have plenty of fantastic club nights and events that you can practice your new moves at.
Not to mention the hundreds of new people that you'll meet! Glasgow's salsa scene is kicking!
If you think salsa is difficult to learn..think again.
We've introduced Salsa to thousands of new beginners and they all came to us thinking they had two left feet, you gotta start somewhere but the sky's the limit! 8 weeks may sound like a short time but let us impress you with how quickly you progress under our expert guidance.
Can’t make this course?
See below for next available course!
To BOOK YOUR PLACE click on the date of your choice below or CLICK HERE for general enquiries:
Our next salsa course starts:
ZUMBA FITNESS DANCE WORKOUTS!
The dance fitness craze that is taking the world by storm!
The principle behind ZUMBA is simple: get fit, have fun. That’s it. No complicated moves to learn and you make it as high or low impact as you like.
Best of all, the music is so infectious that you barely even notice you’re exercising.
Add some Latin flavour and international zest into the mix and you've got Zumba! Coining the concept of fitness-party and making fitness fun.
Zumba fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic fitness program that will blow you away.
The routine feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms, and sculpt your
body while burning fat. Resistance training is thrown in tone your body.
Zumba goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out,to get hooked. Caloric-burning and body- energizing toning and sculpting.
CHECK OUT OUR ZUMBA PAGE!
SALSA FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS..NEW start dates!
full 8 week courses starting in January!
We are offering you total flexibility at different times & days of the week!
Our salsatastic 8 week program will get you dancing in no time and we offer the best latino social scene in Glasgow!
Sign up now for an exciting hobby..you won’t look back..singles and couples equally welcome of all ages!
The Garage is a brilliant venue for our classes, lots of different classes will be on in different rooms so you can attend one or more classes a night.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR COURSE FAQ section
NEXT SALSA START DATES:
**JANUARY SPECIAL ** Only £35 pp instead of £48! Book by 31st January.
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS IN THE GARAGE: (ie. Level 1 salsa)
The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3LW
STARTS Monday 16th January 6pm
STARTS Monday 30th January 7pm
STARTS Wednesday 1st February 7pm
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS IN THE SOUTHSIDE: Green’s Gym, Giffnock
STARTS Tuesday 24th January 7.30pm
OTHER CLASSES:
Monday 18:00 ZUMBA: Shannon restarts 9th Jan 2012!
Monday 18:00: Absolute Beginners STARTS Monday 16th January
Monday 19:00 ADV 1: Jamie (Level 4) restarts 9th Jan 2012!
Monday 19:00 Absolute Beginners STARTS Monday 30th January
Monday 20:00 Advanced Class w/ Shannon & Billy restarts 9th Jan 2012!
Monday 21:00 Social Dancing 60 mins
NB. Bachata 8pm has been suspended until the new year..
Wednesday 18:00 ZUMBA: Susan
Wednesday 18:00 Improvers Salsa with Grant (L3)
Wednesday 18:00 Absolute Beginners Salsa with Jamie STARTED 5th Oct.
Wednesday 19:00 Advanced :Colin
Wednesday 19:00 Level 5 salsa with Derek
Wednesday 19:00 Absolute Beginners STARTS Wednesday 1st February
Wednesday 20:00 TANGO
Wednesday 20:00 BACHATA all levels. Drop in welcome!
Wednesday 21:00 social dancing 60 mins
SOUTHSIDE CLASSES: Green’s Gym, Giffnock
Tuesdays 7.30pm
Level 4 Intermediate STARTS 8th November
Level 2 (Improvers) STARTS 1st November
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS STARTS Tuesday 24th January 7.30pm
Shannon Shiell is the director of the Academia de Salsa, which she founded some 15 years ago. Her vocation and passion for Salsa originally started as a hobby while she completed her Latin American studies at Glasgow University.Nowadays, Shannon is a full time promoter of Salsa and the Scottish Salsa scene, organising Salsa nights in popular Glasgow venues such as BARCA, Sports Cafe, Art Bar and her own dance studios in the west end and city centre.
In the episode of Make Me Happier on STV aired Tuesday 8th December at 7.30pm which focuses on low self-esteem, insomnia and anger, Shannon will show Jason how dancing can improve his health, social skills and give his confidence a boost.
For more information about Shannon and the Academia of Salsa visit her website here or watch her top tips on salsa dancing here.
© 2011 Academia de Salsa UK Ltd
Any reproduction or modification of all or part of this web site is strictly prohibited, except with the express permission of the author, Academia de Salsa UK Ltd.