the Great British Salsa Experience '09 salsa dance congress event in Manchester, UK

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The Great British Salsa Experience salsa dance event in Manchester UKWorkshops

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GBSEx features an unprecedented number of workshops for all levels and styles of salsa, and including tango, bachata, samba, kizomba and cha cha cha. Workshops take place all day Saturday and Sunday and we guarantee no overcrowding, which means that participants are able to learn from the world's finest instructors in absolutely perfect surroundings.

You can view the workshop schedule before buying tickets and pre-book your workshop places at any time in the run up to the event at www.time4class.com. The booking system is 'live' and shows the availability of workshop places as we get closer to the event.

We have over 7500 workshop places altogether, but places do get booked up quickly, especially in the most popular workshops, so book early to guarantee your places.

Sat @ 9.45am til 6.15pm | Town Hall
Sun @ 9.45am til 6.15pm | Town Hall

Main Programme

Improvers and above

Our Main Programme offers a huge choice of workshops for improvers, intermediates and advanced dancers, in Cross Body On 1, Cross Body On 2 and Cuban style salsa.

You can choose to buy 4, 6, 8 or 10 workshops and can view the workshop schedule to help you decide.

Remember you can buy additional workshops when you arrive at the event, subject to availability.

See White workshops on Workshop Schedule.

Beginners

Beginners only

0 - Salsa in 12 hours!

This fast-track programme is specially designed for the Complete Beginner and provides a structured programme of workshops from basic steps through to basic routines. You don’t need a partner or any previous dance experience.

This programme is an ideal 'companion package' if you wish to accompany a more experienced dancer at GBSEx. Beginners do 6 workshops over the weekend and join Main Programme participants in the evenings.

See Orange workshops on our Workshop Schedule.

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Masterclasses

Advanced dancers only

These workshops are aimed at professional and advanced salsa dancers and will push your dancing to the next level with the expert input of our Masterclass teachers.

Workshops will be taught at the highest level and will be faster-paced than the Int/Adv workshops on the main programme. Numbers will be strictly limited so that individual tuition and comment is possible and male:female attendance will be monitored.

This is a pay-as-you-go optional extra to the main workshop schedule. If you would like to do any Masterclass, you must first buy a ticket for the main event and then a separate ticket for masterclasses.

See Yellow workshops on our Workshop Schedule

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The Great British Salsa Experience salsa dance event in Manchester UKPre-Booking

You can book your workshops prior to the event at www.time4class.com to guarantee your places. Before booking workshop places you need to buy your ticket.

Workshop pre-booking means no overcrowding and ensures you won’t get turned away from workshops at the event. It also enables us to monitor male:female ratios in classes to ensure a sensible balance.

You can swap your workshop choices at any time before the event using the online booking system. You can also swap your workshops at the event itself, subject to availability.

If you don't want to pre-book workshops, you can select your choice of workshops when you arrive at the event, subject to availability.

Beginners, you don't need to pre-book workshops. Once you've bought your ticket you are automatically booked onto the 6 beginners' workshops.

The cut-off date for all workshop pre-bookings is Midnight 15 November 2010.

New for 2010

This year the black/white restrictions on workshop bookings do not apply. This means you can book any 'White' workshops on Saturday/Sunday according to your ticket type.