About John

John has always enjoyed dancing. As a teenager he was obsessed with break dancing and spent hours popping, locking and practicing back spins on a piece of card board in his football tracksuit. It paid off when, after being told to start break dancing at a school dance by some older boys, a girl dragged him off for his first “close” dance. John made the decision to learn Latin dance after seeing couples dancing Salsa several years ago, and got the opportunity to “take the plunge” shortly after that with a friend.

“I started dancing with Ian in 2006, and found that the variety and the pace of the classes were perfect for me. Since then I have been doing my best to learn everything in the curriculum!”

With Samba being John’s personal favourite, he loves all the Latin styles, particularly Brazilian. Outside of Latin he listens to a lot of electronic music and simple folk music.

John also enjoys rock climbing, learning Spanish, reading, playing guitar and eating Sushi. (“I’m a big fan of eating.”)

Personal motto: “Life is too short to drink bad coffee.”