Mambo Step Salsa was originally formed in 2002 by myself ( Russ) and has been going strong ever since!

 I decided to learn to dance in 1999, feeling fed up with being the man leaning on the bar at disco’s clubs and parties I went to some local ballroom classes that ran a short salsa course. This gave me a huge confidence boost and I discovered that it wasn’t such a big deal after all and that in fact it was quite a manly sort of thing to do!

I enrolled on a course held at the Cuba Libré club in Nottingham and run by' New College Nottingham'(NCN) where I completed the beginners, improvers and intermediate Salsa courses and took and passed all the accompanying exams.

The owner of the Cuba Libré asked me to teach for him and before long I was teaching three classes a night, four nights a week!

Unbelievable….. once the bloke who broke into a cold sweat at the thought of even going near a dance floor, I was now standing on a stage in front of an audience teaching Salsa!!

Deciding it was time to branch out alone, I set up classes in various venues around Nottingham (including Hoofers in Victoria Centre, Mapperley Plains Sports & Social Club, and the Brunts School for Performing Arts). To my surprise, many of my old students from the Cuba Libré days followed. I never looked back.

I want to say a huge thank you to my partner Claire, our assistant instructors Ian and Julie and all our loyal dancers for all their support!