Cuban salsa is a fun, sexy and energetic partner dance that will get your hips moving and keep you smiling on the dance floor all night. In contrast to the linear LA style salsa, Cuban salsa is a more circular and grounded dance with Afro Cuban influenced body movements.

We teach complete beginners to advanced dancers.

Salsa

With French and African heritage, and coming from a family of musicians & performers, David has grown up dancing. When he discovered salsa it was love at first sight.

After many years of training with well-known dance instructors in France, David became a teacher himself to share his passion for dance with others.

With over 14 years of experience as a teacher, David has taught and performed throughout France as well as at international dance festivals in locations such as Croatia, Morocco and Qatar.

Now settled in Australia, David continues to share his passion and teach Cuban Salsa, Kizomba, Bachata, Reggaeton and other latin dance classes in Melbourne and Geelong.

Beginner 1 Cuban Salsa

New to Salsa? Start with our free salsa dance classes. They are perfect total beginners, or for those coming back to salsa dancing after not dancing for a while! 

Each week we will go through the absolute basics of Cuban Salsa. You can repeat the classes as often as you like until you feel comfortable. We always encourage our students to focus on their foundations, no matter how long you have been dancing for!

Intro to Salsa (FREE)

Designed for complete beginners. Here we will introduce you to the foundations of each dance, the rhythm, the connection, the basic steps and turns which will get you ready to move to the next level.
In our Kizomba classes we will be teaching a fusion of traditional Kizomba and Urban Kiz from complete beginners to advanced level.

Kizomba is a grounded, smooth flowing dance which originated in Angola with its roots in semba. As a partner dance the beauty of Kizomba comes from the connection, being able to lead and follow in complete harmony while immersing yourself in the music. It’s the perfect dance to improve your lead and follow skills in other dance styles.

Kizomba

Beginner 1 Kizomba

At David Smile Dance we specialise in teaching Latin dance including Cuban Salsa, Kizomba, Bachata as well as other Afro Latin dance classes in Melbourne and Geelong

We understand that learning to dance can be a little intimidating at first. That’s why we ensure our classes are welcoming, friendly and fun.

Whether you would like to learn to dance for fun, for fitness, for your wedding, or just for yourself…. David Smile Dance will not only help you to achieve your goals, we also guarantee to put a smile on your face at the same time.

Even if you feel like you have two left feet!

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Term 3 Intro to Salsa (FREE)

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