Beaumont SalsaEngland, International teacher, performer and DJ, is the founder of the 

SalsaEngland Dance Co. and the Beaumontana Dance Team. Of Cuban parentage, he began his Salsa in St. Lucia, Cuba, after many years of Jazz dancing and a foray into the world of Body-Popping, Robotics and Break Dancing. Beaumont can ofen be found, in a corner somewhere, spinning on his head. His rise on the UK Salsa scene was so rapid, he was asked, after only 12 months of dancing, to join the UK Rueda dance team M40 to perform in Miami. A family outing saw him end up as a semi-finalist at the 2007 Britfest Salsa-UK Congress at the Blackpool Winter Gardens. His humour is infectious and teaching technique, second to none.

Helena’s sheer glamour and brains are the reason why ‘The Apprentice’ have continually attempted to headhunt one of the UK’s top mathematicians and SalsaEngland’s prize possession, for terrestrial television. Worry not, we delete all her email offers before they reach her and her phone is tapped. Now a member of the Beaumontana Dance Team, teaching and choreographing at an advanced level, her elegant talents were evident from her very first lesson. A semi-finalist placing at the 2007 Britfest Salsa-UK Congress at the Blackpool Winter Gardens, is a huge credit to her natural dance abilities and SalsaEngland’s teaching system. 

The most important of all rhythms around in the 1950s was the ‘Son’, which had emerged in the 1920s and influenced almost all Latin rhythms from that point on. The musical influence of Cuba in the 1950s was unparalleled, which made it the principle hothouse for the musical productions of the era. However, the Cuban rhythms, and in particular the ‘Son’, were quickly absorbed by other Caribbean countries which shared a similar cultural heritage and socaial circumstances. Due to the Latin Jazz bands, there was a change in the instumentation of Latin music. The brass section (trombones, trumpets, and saxophones), and rhythm section (piano and double bass), were preserved, but there was a radical change in the use of percussion. The drum being replaced by the bongo, tumba and timbal, and Salsa was born!