Club Latino

Like all Latinos , Manuel has a natural rhythm for drums and percussion fusion (dancing in his mother s womb before he was even born!). Following his brother s footsteps, Manuel came to England to study Science in the early 80s, however he would dedicate most of his spare time promoting Latin-American dance and music, especially Salsa, in the local wine bars of Manchester, with his dancing partner Julie. Taking advantage of a work opportunity, Manuel and Julie came to Cumbria and settled in Cockermouth. Since then, they have been teaching informal Latin-American dancing all over West Cumbria, specialising in five different rhythms such as Dominican Merengue, Puerto Rican Salsa (Mambo Style), Cuban Rumba (Cuban Salsa) and Brazilian Lambada & Samba. They have been featured regularly in the culture section of Cumbrian newspapers, and have recently written a newspaper article about the History of Salsa and its long way to West Cumbria . Manuel and Julie, a.k.a. ‘Club Latino’, currently teach informal (not ballroom) Latin-American dancing in Cockermouth and Workington