Non-teaching Assistant

Carl (known also as Carlos on Tuesday nights) knew he loved dancing ever since he donned a bikini and danced around mouthing the words to "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" at the age of about 11 at a local talent show!

Carl always enjoyed aerobics and step aerobics, working up a sweat and bouncing around to thumping music, but wanted more - something he could do outside of a tracksuit. The opportunity came along to start Ballroom dancing. He did this for about six months but, aside from Cha Cha and Foxtrot, he decided that it wasn't 'up tempo' enough for him.

In 2007 Latin DX, now Salsa DX came to the Stable Club at Clyst St Mary for a trial class and immediately he was hooked - the music, the moves, the vibe... he loved it! In April 2008, a four week Salsa course was offered and he and Nicky (see below) decided to give it a shot as well as Salsa DX routines - "once you got the bug and when you're on a roll, you can't really stop, can you?!".

Following the four week course at the Stable Club, Carl wanted to carry on dancing Salsa and, with Nicky, joined Abanico Salsa classes in Exmouth. Grants from their workplace enabled them to go forward quite quickly and within a year, he and Nicky were handling the admin for the Exmouth classes, whilst parallel to that, continuing to shine as Angus and Sonja's star pupils!