This weekend at Lindyfest, Kevin and I compete in the Invitational Draw competition, were interviewed by Ryan Swift’s Inside the Dancer’s Studio along side Mikey Pedroza (video coming soon), but he and I also debuted our new routine! Check out the videos below! Invitational Draw Jo and Mikey at 2:54 …
The January 2018 4-Week Online Strictly Challenge just wrapped up. Check out some of the highlights (and silliness) from this round! The value of participating in this program is not about winning, but about growing, creating, and getting feedback on your dancing. That being said, I did collect scores from …
Nicole is a San Francisco-based lindy hopper and DJ. She spins tunes locally at the 9:20 Special and Shimmytown, and can also be found behind the DJ booth at events like ILHC, Nevermore, and Lindyfest. Nicole loves playing music you can’t help but swing out to, from songs played at the Savoy to the great bands playing live today. Her jams include Lester Young, Soul, strawberry, and finding new-to-her …
Bobby teaches vintage swing dances around the world, and holds championship titles and placements in Balboa, Lindy Hop, and Solo Jazz. Over the past two years, he and his competition partner Annabel Quisao have won 8 major Balboa titles. He is the author of the popular swing dance blog Swungover, …
We have all read/watched or at least heard of “Alice in Wonderland”. There is something really special about this heroine with her specific charm and fascinating personality. Alice Meï is that adventurer, but with dancing shoes. Alice started dancing at the age of 4. By the time she turned 14 she had …
Felix is a swing dance instructor, performer, and choreographer based in Stockholm, Sweden. Like any other Swedish dancer he started in the Swedish Competition Scene at the age of nine with “bugg” as his main style. One year later he took his first basic six count step in Boogie Woogie and …
Pamela has been dancing since she was 5 years old. She did traditional Lithuanian folk dancing for years, until she found her passion in Lindy Hop at the age of sixteen. In 2009, she began working at Hoppers’ Dance Studio in her hometown of Vilnius, Lithuania, where she surrounds herself …
Nalla Kim has traveled the world as an instructor, competitor, and judge and is a mainstay in the booming swing dance scene of Seoul, South Korea. In 2008, Nalla met his partner and wife, Jessica Yoon and have been teaching together ever since. Nalla & Jessica have taken home several International …
(featured image by Steve Kim) Delilah can be found truckin’ at dance events all over! She was classically trained in ballet since birth and bumped into swing dancing at 15. It was then in 2005 that she got the bug, the lindy bug! Delilah learned how to swing dance at the mercury …
Beginning with his more traditional roots, Anthony started dancing at age 8 when his parents convinced him to learn and perform Chinese Lion Dances. At age 15 he was introduced to breakdancing at a speech and debate tournament, and shortly thereafter he found his home in the local swing community …
