💃 QUEER Salsa Workshop
Beginner & Improver Levels
12-Week Course | Wednesdays 7–9 PM
📍 Haberdashers' Borough Academy Sports Centre
King’s Ct, London SE1 0BU
(8 min walk from Southwark or Borough • 11 min from Elephant & Castle)
A Feminist, FLINTA-Centred & LGBTQ+ Dance Space
Sanura is a FLINTA-centred salsa space created for people who don’t always feel comfortable in traditional dance environments.
If you’ve ever felt out of place in mainstream dance scenes — because of rigid gender roles, expectations, or atmosphere — you might find your space with us.
Our classes centre community, inclusivity, and empowerment, while still giving you the tools to become a confident social dancer.
Everyone learns both leading and following, and we encourage curiosity, experimentation, and mutual support on the dance floor.
Confidence is something we build from day one. Our approach focuses on empowerment — helping everyone feel capable, welcome, and ready to dance.
Two Levels Running Every Week
Each Wednesday evening we run two groups at the same time, in the same studio space.
You can join the level that best matches your experience, and it’s possible to join the course at any point during the 12 weeks.
🌱 Beginner Level — with Gaby
This level is designed for complete beginners and dancers building their foundations.
The course evolves across the 12 weeks, but the first four weeks are specifically designed as a complete beginner kick-off, making it the perfect moment to start if you've never danced salsa before.
Weeks 1–4 — Complete Beginner Kick-Off
Start from zero and learn the essential building blocks of salsa:
• Salsa timing and rhythm
• Basic step and weight changes
• Leading and following fundamentals
• Partner connection
• First turns and simple combinations
This phase focuses on building confidence, comfort, and a supportive learning environment.
We encourage dancers to start exploring social dancing from the very beginning. Sanura hosts monthly social dance events, giving everyone a friendly space to practise and connect — no matter their level.
Weeks 5–8 — Growing Beyond the Basics
Once the foundations are established, we begin expanding the vocabulary of the dance.
You'll explore:
• Right and left turns
• Clearer leading and following
• Partnerwork drills
• Smoother transitions
• Longer combinations
The aim is to help the basics feel natural, fluid, and comfortable.
Weeks 9–12 — Confidence & Flow
The final phase focuses on bringing everything together.
You'll develop:
• Greater fluidity between moves
• Musical awareness
• Confidence dancing with different partners
• Playful variations and expression
By this stage you'll feel increasingly comfortable enjoying the social side of salsa.
🔥 Improver Level — with Kasia
This level is for dancers who already feel comfortable with salsa fundamentals.
It’s a great fit if you:
• Completed Sanura Beginner / Advanced Beginner courses
• Joined our previous 12-week workshops
• Or learned salsa elsewhere and feel confident with timing, leading and following
You should already feel comfortable with:
• Basic step and weight changes
• Leading or following clearly
• Right and left turns
• Dancing simple partner combinations
From there we focus on expanding your dancing through:
• smoother transitions
• stronger partner connection
• playful combinations
• musicality and expression
• social dance confidence
The aim is to help you move beyond memorising patterns and start really enjoying the flow of the dance.
✨ A Bright Studio Space for Dancing
Classes take place in a luminous and spacious studio at
Haberdashers' Borough Academy Sports Centre.
The rotably and practom has a smooth floor suitable for dancing shoes, giving plenty of space to move comforise partnerwork.
Dancing shoes are recommended but not mandatory.
⏰ Class Structure
Wednesdays
7:00 – 9:00 PM
• Beginner level with Gaby
• Improver level with Kasia
Both groups run simultaneously in the same space.
Each session lasts 2 hours, giving everyone time to practise both roles, rotate partners, ask questions, and properly integrate the material.
🤝 No Partner Needed
You don't need to bring a partner.
We rotate partners during class so everyone can practise with different dancers and develop strong leading and following skills.
🍻 The Sanura Tradition
After every class we head to a local pub nearby for drinks, chats, and connection.
Because honestly — if we’re learning social dancing, we should also enjoy the social part.
🎟 Tickets
You can join in different ways:
• Drop-in tickets
• Bundles of 3+ classes
• Bundles of 5+ classes
• Bundles of 10+ classes
Bundles offer flexibility while encouraging regular practice.
If you miss a class, we record the session content so you can catch up.
Bundle tickets can also be transferred to another date if you can’t attend a particular session (subject to availability).
✨ Limited Capacity
To maintain a supportive learning environment and balanced partner rotations, spaces are limited.
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