Our warm-up party takes place on Thursday night, before everything kicks off, at Bar 38 in Manchester (easy walking distance from the Town Hall). It’s a relaxed affair and an opportunity to ease your way into the big party: dance a little, drink a little, meet friends, GBSEx staff and artists… Everybody welcome!
This year we [...]
Jaime Jesus & Lil Liz Booked!
This couple are based in Australia and are amongst the most talented of salsa artists in the world today. They are 3 times Australian salsa champions and also placed third in the Mayan World Salsa Championships in 2005. They offer the very best in salsa workshops and have taken their [...]
Top New York band leader and the world’s greatest salsa trombonist, Jimmy Bosch, will play ‘live’ at GBSEx III, accompanied by Jonny Enright and Grupo X.
Jimmy Bosch is one of the salsa greats, an extraordinary musician, best known for his powerful trombone solos. He’s also one of New York’s top band leaders, with an 11 [...]
At GBSEx we’ve developed a fast-track salsa programme especially for the Complete Beginner. We’ll take you through basic steps to simple routines you can confidently dance on the dancefloor. The emphasis is on what you really need to get dancing, but it will be taught in a fun, informal and friendly way. And, most importantly, [...]
We’re absolutely thrilled to have persuaded Mr Jimmy Anton to come to GBSEx this year!
He’s one of the great salsa DJs and, as many of you know, runs the most famous Sunday Social in New York City, in the world. It’s been going for 16 years and, whilst all the top dancers regularly attend [...]
We’ve just added 2 new classes to the workshop schedule with Mr Robert Charlemagne…
Saturday @ 5.30pm | Int/Adv Turnpatterns w/Styling On1
Sunday @ 5.30pm | All Levels Funky Footwork On1
Robert is one of the pioneers of salsa in the UK, starting teaching here back in 1992. He is now without doubt one of our favourite [...]
One of the things we had lots of feedback about last year was that we had managed to keep showcases to just an hour, I imagine that came as a relief if you were sitting on the floor!
Last year we were contacted by groups from around the UK and further afield, wanting to perform at [...]
Thank you to those of you who used our feedback system to review the experiences you had in the workshops at GBSEx. It took a while but the results have now been correlated and all the teachers have been sent their respective feedback along with any additional comments you made (anonymously). We have found the [...]
Some of the artists appearing at GBSEx are here in the UK only very occasionally (a few are here for the first time) and you may want to take a unique opportunity for an individual lesson.
Private lessons are an ideal way to work on specific problems you may be encountering at a pace and level [...]
Fancy a real challenge? Our Masterclass programme is now available featuring Hacha Y Machete and Leon Rose..
This programme is a pay-as-you-go extra to our main programme, aimed at professional and advanced salsa dancers. These workshops will push your dancing to the next level with the expert input of our Masterclass teachers, Hacha Y Machete and [...]
