His father also works as a doorman — a job Mr. Bruno, who moonlights as a salsa dance instructor, got him. Mr. Bruno lives alone in an Upper East Side apartment four subway stops from his job.

But in Manuelian's own words, salsa is a "close dance" that is "very intense" and "very sexy, because of the way [the dancers] hold each other". Perhaps he's just more secure than most men.

Salsa dancer Monica Trujillo, 28, will be among the slinky movers showing Londoners how it is done tonight. Originally from Colombia, where she danced salsa from the age of five, she came to ...