For footwear, very high heels or sticky soled trainers are not ideal as you will be on your feet for at least an hour. It’s important that you can slide and turn your feet easily on the dance floor, so choose something comfortable with a non-grip sole. For clothing, again wear something you are comfortable in and not too heavy, sometimes it can be warm work.

No. Absolutely not. If you've an ounce of rhythm in your body, we can teach you what to do with it!

No, you don't. We rotate partners in the classes so all the ladies get a go with all the guys and vice versa. We do tend to have more ladies than men attending though, so ladies, bring a guy with you if you can find one.

This depends on your ability, how often you attend classes, and how much practice you do between times. Also you'll never know it all (we're very much still learning ourselves!!).

During classes students are shown moves and routines and are led through these by the teacher. Freestyle salsa is when there is no teacher involved and people simply dance with each other to music.
When dancing freestyle, the Leader (usually the man) will guide or "lead" the follower (usually the woman) through whatever moves he wishes in whatever order he desires.