Salsa Classes and Club

Salsa classes and events in the Cambridge area. Beginners welcome! Please see all details below.

For information about our other services, please click here: DJing, sound system hire, corporate events, weddings, hen/stag nights

Book online

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Contact us

Email: CambridgeCubanSalsa@gmail.com
Mobile: +44 (0)79 03 828 017
Facebook: Cambridge Cuban Salsa FB group
WhatsApp group: Join here

Latest news, please note:

Updated 03/10/2025

HOT NEWS:
The amazing Damarys Farrés will come to teach the advanced level in Cambridge on the following Sundays:

  • Sunday October 5th
  • Sunday November 9th
  • Sunday November 16th

Damarys Farrés is the Director of London’s Cuban School of Arts. As a graduate from Cuba’s National Ballet School, with a UNEAC diploma in Arts Management and a BA (Hons) in dance studies, Damarys is a trained dancer, choreographer, teacher, promoter and researcher of the Cuban and Afro-Cuban culture dance forms and rhythms. These include Salsa, Son, Rumba, Yoruba, Bantu, Arara and Reggaeton among other genres. She was the first female Cuban artist to provide structured Cuban dance rhythm courses in the UK. She was the first solo Cuban Artist to organise independent Cuban cultural events involving Cuban artists in the UK. Her passion for her culture and Cuban dance, especially traditional and Afro-Cuban dance, are her main motive for founding The Cuban School of Arts – The Home of Cuban Culture and Arts in the UK.

Damarys is highly acclaimed in UK as well as worldwide for her charisma and her infectious energy. She is renowned for her knowledge and passion for the Cuban and Afro-Cuban culture, dance forms and her femininity. She has a unique dancing style, choreography, artistic direction and teaching, which owes much to her broad background in dance. This includes classical ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, reggaetton, traditional and popular Cuban styles, folk dances, as well as other Latin, modern and Afro-Cuban dances.

Damarys continues integrating her work at every trip to Cuba. She takes her experiences and promotes them everywhere she goes.  Her passion and love for Cuban culture and all kinds of dance are manifested in everything she does.

It is an absolute privilege to have her teach in Cambridge, so we hope to see many of you at Adélie Studios on that occasion!

Other news:

  • NEW CLASS ON THURSDAYS! Our weekly classes are running regularly as normal:

Please feel free to contact us if you have any question!

Get free music from https://djsacha.podbean.com !

Weekly classes information

We are open every week as normal:

Beginners are warmly welcome!
  • No previous dance experience needed.
  • No special dress code, just wear comfortable shoes and come as you are.
  • Each class has a separate teacher for beginners so the level of challenge will be appropriate for you.

Just show up for a class and we will get you started in a friendly, safe and inclusive environment!

Sundays and Thursdays – Evening class and social
  • 19:30 – | Sundays: Casino Cuban Salsa partnerwork / Musicality / Styling | Thursdays: Rueda / Footwork |
    2 levels, each with their own teacher:
    Beginners: Make your first steps in salsa: basic footwork, bodywork, lead/follow, musicality/catch the beat.
    Progressive: start easy then gradually raise the challenge, basic casino moves then more complex combinations, footwork, bodywork, lead/follow, musicality, AfroCuban, Rumba.
    It helps if you come with a dance partner, but if you don’t have one no worries, just turn up and we will pair you with other dancers.
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  • 20:30 – Social Dancing until 22:30 on Sundays or until 21:30 on Thursdays with the famous DJ Sacha from Cambridge!
    The best salsa tunes in Cambridge, definitively. Please check DJ Sacha’s weekly podcast on https://djsacha.podbean.com.

Locations

  • Thursdays: Meadows Community Centre, 299 Arbury Rd, Cambridge CB4 2JL – google Maps.


    The studio is upstairs, turning left on top of the stairs.
    Please call us on 07903828017 if you get lost.
    Parking options: there is parking at the Meadows but it is limited in numbers and limited to 2hrs. The surrounding residential area has lots of off-road parking with no yellow lines.
    There are bicycle racks at the community centre.

  • Sundays: Adélie Studios, 121 Chesterton Road, CB4 3AT – google Maps.


    The entrance door is between Office Outlet and Gopuff (formerly labelled as CamYoga on Google Streetview) and the studio is upstairs.
    Please call us on 07903828017 if the door is closed.
    Parking options: there is parking along surrounding streets, particularly along Chesterton Road. Parking is free on Sunday evenings but please check the little signs.
    There are bicycle racks just outside the venue.

Book online here for classes and workshops

The weekly class fee is £8, which includes a 1hr class from 19:30 followed by social dancing until 22:30 on Sundays and 21:30 on Thursdays.
If you are only interested in the social, the fee is £5.
Fees for special workshops may also appear in the drop down menu below.

Payment:
It is recommended to book online in advance with the PayPal button below.
We also take card and contactless payments at the venue.
Cash payments are not accepted.
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We look forward to meeting you! 😀

Why our salsa classes are the best:

  • The classes are about you, not about us: we care about helping you to progress with your dancing in a safe, fun and friendly environment.
  • You progress at your own rhythm, no competition/no pressure, you do it for your own personal growth and enjoyment – it is about discovering your inner dancer while having pleasure in the practice and making new friends in the process!
  • Quality everywhere, no compromise on anything. Our teachers are trained with referenced professional masters and have full liability insurance. We play music on a high quality sound system and the venue is well ventilated: we care about your comfort.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any question!

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We also have an active facebook group and facebook page for the latest info.

Meet our teaching team

Our salsa teachers are fully trained and insured - they are also fun and friendly people to be with! :-D

DJ Sacha

Lead Salsa Instructor

Since falling in love with Cuban salsa in 2004, Sacha has trained intensively with top international salsa teachers including Alberto Valdez, Yeni Molinet, Luanda Pau and more. In 2008 he decided to share his love of salsa and has since developed a unique and very effective teaching style taking inspiration from Cuban traditions, martial arts and mindfulness. He is also well known internationally as a salsa DJ.

Kellie

Salsa Instructor

Kellie started training with Sacha in early 2013 and has since attended many international festivals and training camps, including RuedaFest, SBK and more. Her explanations are superclear, she is a mover with an amazing positive energy and her footwork choreographies have made a name for themselves. She is also the group's master decorator and cake-maker. (Yum!)

Rachel

Salsa Instructor

Rachel joined the group in 2017 after being intrigued by the music and the dance at one of our street demos. With an extensive background in ballet dancing since childhood, the raise in her salsa dancing abilities has been absolutely stellar! For the past couple of years she has been following intensive AfroCuban training as one of Luanda Pau's Performance Group students. As a former school teacher, her teaching style is patient, supportive and loads of fun!

Luanda Pau

Cuban Master

We refer to Luanda Pau as one of our top Cuban salsa masters. Since there is no official federation of Cuban salsa, it is important to check that your teachers are affiliated with a trained professional teacher. Luanda started her dance career from the age of eight and has trained professionally in classical, contemporary and AfroCuban dancing at Havana's National School of Arts. For most of her professional career, she has been one of the lead dancers of the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba, Cuba’s most famous dance company to tour internationally. In 2017, she settled in the UK to open her own dance school and to keep teaching at Cuban festivals around the world. Whenever possible we invite Luanda to deliver workshops in Cambridge, and we always check with her that our classes respect the highest Cuban dancing and teaching standards.

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Contact details

Any question? Feel free to call or email:

Email: CambridgeCubanSalsa@gmail.com

Mobile:

+44 (0)79 03 828 017

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