January 6, 2011 by Jo
Here are some of my favorite photos from Lindy Focus 2010.
Much thanks to the fantastic photographers:
Bobby Bonsey
Brad Kellogg
Dabelyn Photography
Lindsay Longstreth
Lee Broxson
Category Dancers, Events, Photos and Videos | Tags: Bobby Bonsey,costumes,Giselle,jam circles,Josephine baker,Lindy Focus,lindy hop,Nathan Bugh,New Years Eve,photography,photos,portraits | No Comments
January 2, 2011 by Jo
Many people at Lindy Focus 2010 asked me about my necklace! Here’s the scoop:
What major countries is it missing?
Photo by Brad Kellogg
Category Fashion | Tags: accessories,Lindy Focus,necklace,world | 1 Comment
September 9, 2010 by Jo
This was definitely one of the best weekends of 2010 for me!
Firstly, Gina Helfrich and Michael & Jaya Gamble were the organizers of this glorious event and did a bang up job. Frankly, they are some of the best organizers in the US and if you haven’t been to one of their events, you should go! I know…. you should go to Lindy Focus!!
Teaching Classes
I really felt like I came into my own this weekend. I felt really confident in the material I was teaching and that allowed me to think about how I’d like to deliver the message instead of focusing on what I was going to say. All in all, I felt like I knocked it out of the park. I thought I was funny, witty, silly, sassy, and a bit of an asshole. In fact, I think you could say I was a sass-hole!! Hahah, I think one of my favorite things I told the class was that I aimed to be offensive, but not so much that anyone would leave. :-D I must admit, this weekend of teaching changed who I am as an instructor. I’ll never be the same again….so THANKS M&J and Gina!!
I’d also like to give a shout out to Kevin, my awesome dance partner, for teaching the Jumps! class with me and being my knight in shinning …. er…. jeans. Kevin feels like home base so when I teach with him, it just feels easy! And let’s not forget about Andrew Munoz for being a fantastic leader and teaching partner in my other two partnered classes. Andrew was very brave to agree to teach with me. I only gave him 3 minutes of prep time for each class and he killed it. A great teacher in the making, me thinks!
Performances
I had a really fun time putting together a piece with Carla and Laura and they were such champs! The choreo wasn’t finished until Sunday the week before and I wasn’t able to put it on film to send to them until Tuesday. That just goes to show what professional ladies those two are!!
And speaking of professional ladies, the ever so love Miss Sharon Davis threw down a performance at SBSB. Check it out!
Yes, yes, yes, she wasn’t on the bill because she wasn’t teaching, but the event was THAT good that even Sharon came all the way from Australia for it……heheh, ok, so that’s not entirely true. She was in the general area and she came down from Pittsburgh to have some weekend fun. :-D
Here’s a video from the Solo Charleston Contest:
1st place: Ms. Breanna Perry
2nd place: Jesse Hanus
3rd place: Morgan Lee Kestner
4th place: Lindsay Longstreth
For whatever it’s worth, here is video of the Instructor Jam we had at the beginning of the weekend.
If you had thought about coming but decided last minute you weren’t going to come, I am sorry that you missed such a stellar weekend. It was a rocking good time.
Category Dancers, Events | Tags: Andrew Munoz,Gina Helfrich,Jaya Gamble,Lindsay Longstreth,Lindy Focus,Michael Gamble,performance,sasshole,Sharon Davis,Sosh and Lisa Howell,Southern Belle Swing Bash | 3 Comments
March 21, 2010 by Jo
Yes, yes, yes, I know this post is extremely late, but better late than never!! Here are some performance pictures of me, Kevin, and the Killer Dillers!!!
Thanks to YoungWoo Jon, Aristomenis Pikeas, and Colin Butler for the photos.
Videos from the show:
Puttin’ on the Ritz – Lindy Focus 2009 from Jo Hoffberg on Vimeo.
Intro number, choreographed by Nathan Bugh
Me and Shaz doing a fan dance:
The Killer Diller hotties (men):
Mine and Kev’s advance performance group:
New Year Eve Jam:
Roxie Heartbreak’s fan dance:
Category Dancers, Events | Tags: acrobatics,cane,Delilah,fan dance,jam,Kevin,Lindy Focus,Nathan Bugh,New Years Eve,performance,The Killer Dillers | No Comments
January 20, 2010 by Jo
JANUARY
Lindy Hops the Öresund, Copenhagen
http://www.heptown.com/calendar.php?sort=yes&CityID=0&CatIDClub=100&CatIDType=207&CatIDMusic=300
Late Night Jump, Tampere
http://www.swingteam.fi/latenightjump/index.html
Moscow Christmas Dance Camp
http://xmasdancecamp.org/en/
South Florida Lindy Exchange, Miami/Fort Lauderdale
http://soflex.org/
Utah Lindy Exchange, somewhere in the state…
http://ulx.swingutah.com/
Sea Swing Sensations Cruise, Long Beach —> Mexican Riviera
http://www.seaswingsensation.net/
Lindy Hop Argentina International Festival, Buenos Aires
http://www.lhaif.com.ar/en/INDEX.HTML
Camp Swing It, Seoul
http://www.campswingit.com/
Swing Camp Oz, Adelaide
http://www.swingcampoz.com/
FEBRUARY
Uppsala Winter Camp
http://www.swingkatten.se/camp/
Winter Jump, Oslo
http://winterjump.com/
Swingin’ in the Rain, Liège (Belgium)
http://www.swinginintherain.org/
Rock that Swing Festival, München
http://www.rockthatswing.com/
Crazy Rhythm Challenge, Toulouse
http://bernard.cavasa.free.fr/stages/index.php?stage=8
Goodnight Sweetheart, Welvyn (UK)
http://www.gnsh.co.uk/
Leapin’ Lindy, Bern
http://www.lindy-hop.ch/cms/fileadmin/pdfs/leapinlindy2010_flyer.pdf
SparX, Cleveland (Ohio)
http://filer.case.edu/org/swing/sparx-about.php
MARCH
Ljubljana Sweet Swing Festival
http://lssf.si/
Scotland Swing Storm, somewhere in the country…
http://www.scotlandswingstorm.com/
La Santa Swing, Lanzarote
http://www.lasantaswing.com/
Queen City Lindy Exchange, Charlotte (North Carolina)
http://www.qclx.org/
Orlando Lindy Exchange, Orlando (Florida)
http://www.orlx.org/
Atlanta Lindy Exchange
http://www.atlx.org/index.php
The Lafayette Lindy Exchange, Lafayette (Indiana)
http://laflx.swingpurdue.org/
Lindyfest, Houston
http://lindyfest.hsds.org/
Pirate Swing, Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA)
http://www.pirateswing.com/
Vietnam Lindy Exchange, Mui Ne
http://www.vietnamlindyexchange.com/
APRIL
Swingin’ Spring, Gothenburg
http://www.wcj.nu/content/view/107/150/
Prague Spring Swing Festival
http://www.pssf.cz/index.html
Woodhop Weekender, Radevormwald (near Köln)
http://woodhop.hopspot.eu/
Is There Hop, Zürich
http://www.istherehop.ch/
Geneva Lindy Exchange
http://www.genevalindyexchange.eu/
BritHop London Lindy Exchange
http://www.londonlindyexchange.com/
Barswingona, Barcelona
http://www.barswingona.org/
BABBLE, New York
http://nycbabble.com/content/about
Great Wall Swingout, Beijing
http://www.greatwallswingout.com/
Hullaballoo, Perth Lindy Exchange
http://www.perthswing.com/hullabaloo/
MAY
Potsdam Havelhop, Potsdam (near Berlin)
http://www.havelhop.de/
Swing Brother Swing, Pieve di Cento (near Bologna)
http://www.swingfestival.it/eng/Benvenuto_en.html
Swingin’ Méditérranée, Montpellier
http://www.swinginmed.com/
Swinglandia, Kiev
http://swingdance.kiev.ua/swinglandia/index.php?page=main_en
Michigan Lindy Exchange, Midlands Fairground
http://www.dancecrazymp.com/lindy_exchange.php
Camp Jitterbug, Seattle
http://campjitterbug.com/
JUNE
Stockamöllan Swing Festival (Sweden)
http://www.gunhildcarling.net/stockamollan/
http://www.heptown.com/calendar.php?action=show&CalID=1282
CopHop, Copenhagen
http://www.heptown.com/calendar.php?action=show&CalID=1341
Boogie-Bären, Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
http://www.boogie-baeren.de/seminar/index.html
Highland Swing, Carbisdale Castle (Scotland)
http://www.thehighlandswing.co.uk/
Amsterdam Lindy Exchange
http://www.amsterdamlindyexchange.nl/alx/
Swing Crash Festival, Como
http://www.swingcrashfestival.com/
Beantown Camp, Boston
http://www.beantowncamp.com
Denver Lindy Exchange
http://www.denverlindyexchange.com/
JULY
Herräng Dance Camp
http://www.herrang.com/en/
Kissme, Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA)
http://www.kissmeinannarbor.com/
Connecticut Lindy Exchange, New Haven
http://ctlindyexchange.com/
Rhythm Arts Festival, New Orleans
http://www.rhythmicarts.com/festival/
Swingtime in the Rockies, Denver
http://www.swingtimeintherockies.com/
Camp Hollywood, Los Angeles
http://www.camphollywood.net/
AUGUST
Gothenburg Lindy Exchange
http://gbglx.com/
Swing i Svaben, Svabensverk (Sweden)
http://www.swingiswaben.se/index2009.htm
Studio Hop Summer Camp, Toulouse
http://www.studiohop.com/en_accueil.php
Arctic Lindy Exchange, Iceland
http://www.arcticlindy.com/
Porto Lindy Exchange
http://www.beam.to/portolindyexchange
Lindy on the Rocks, Denver
http://www.cmdance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=36
Seattle Lindy Exchange
http://www.seattlelindyexchange.org/
International Lindy Hop Championships, Washington DC
http://www.ilhc.com/index.php
Canberräng, Canberra
http://www.canberrang.org/
New Zealand Exchange, Auckland
http://www.jitterbugs.co.nz/nzx009/
SEPTEMBER
Munich Lindy Exchange
http://www.lindyexchange.de/lindy/home.html
Edinburgh Lindy Exchange
http://www.edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk/
Dublin Lindy Exchange
http://www.dublinlindyexchange.com/
Swing Out New Hampshire, Camp Wicosuta
http://www.swingoutnh.com/
Knoxville Lindy Exchange
http://klx.swingknoxville.org/
San Francisco Lindy Exchange
http://sflindyexchange.com/
Osaka Lindy Exchange
http://www.mechakuchaswing.com/index.php?s=Osaka-Lindy-Exchange
OCTOBER
Halloween Swing Camp, Stockholm
http://www.swedishswing.se/
Lindy on the Edge, Bergen
http://www.swingcats.no/lindyontheedge
Vienna Hot Swing Jam, Wien
http://www.viennahotswingjam.at/
Lindy Shock, Budapest
http://www.lindyshock.com/
Belindy Zena Camp, Genova
http://www.belindyzenacamp.com/
Cambridge Lindy Exchange
http://cambridgelindyexchange.co.uk/
Rocktober Fest, Columbus, Ohio
http://www.swingcolumbus.com
Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, New Orleans
http://lindyshowdown.net/
Sving du Nord, Twin Cities, Montana
http://www.tcswing.com/svingdunord.htm
Camp Swing, San Fransisco
http://www.campswing.com/index.html
Albuquerque Lindy Exchange
http://abqlx.com/
Menari di Bali Lindy Camp
http://www.bali-lindy.webs.com/
NOVEMBER
Waterkant Jam, Hamburg
http://www.waterkantjam.de/wkjHome.php
Festival Swing of Paris
http://www.lesfousduswing.fr/f07-index-en.htm
Stir It!, Zürich
http://www.stirit.ch/
Grenoble Swing Dance Festival
http://grenobleswing.free.fr/GSDF/GSDF2009/index_en.html
Austin Lindy Exchange (USA)
http://www.austinlindyexchange.org/
Sydney Swing Festival
http://www.sydneyswingfestival.com.au/
Melbourne Lindy Exchange
http://www.melbournelindyexchange.com/
DECEMBER
The Snowball, Stockholm
http://thesnowball.se/
Lindy Focus, Asheville (North Carolina, USA)
http://www.lindyfocus.com/
Lindy Loves Soul, Charleston, South Carolina
http://www.lindylovessoul.com/
North American Open, San Francisco
http://www.swingchampionships.com/
Swingin’ the New Year, San Diego
http://www.2plyswing.com/Z_NYEinSD/NYE_HOME.htm#TOP
Category Competition, Events | Tags: 2010,Austin,camps,CSI,exchanges,Grenoble,Lindy Focus,links,Snowball,Stir It,Sving du Nord,Swing Diego,Sydney,ULHS,Vienna Hot Swing Jam | 2 Comments
January 9, 2010 by Jo
I had a doppelganger at Lindy Focus this year!
Photo courtesy of Sharon Davis
Delilah Williams bought her dress from Bebe and I my dress was a Jessica McClintock. Sharon said we looked like reversed French Maids….I thought that was a great way of describing us.
I don’t have any more details on what Delilah was wearing, but here is my run down.
Dress – Jessica McClintock
Tights – Tabeau Tights by Wolford
Shoes – Gramercy by Remix
Here is a picture of what my nails were supposed to look like:
What did you wear?
Category Events, Fashion | Tags: 2009,Bebe,Delilah,Jessica McClintock,Lindy Focus,nails,New Years Eve,Remix,Wolford | 2 Comments
January 4, 2010 by Jo
Here’s a late night performance from Lindy Focus (not office appropriate):
Uh yeah. Andrew Thigpen did a stellar job pumping up the crowd before Roxie took over. The best view of this routine would have been straight on from the front, but you get the gist of it. Vavavoom!
Category Dancers, Events | Tags: Andrew Thigpen,burlesque,fan dance,Lindy Focus,Roxie Heartbreak | 3 Comments
December 31, 2009 by Jo
Today has been a long day. So far I’ve taught two classes – One Swing, One World and an aerials class – and done a tech rehearsal for tonight’s show. I now need to shower, eat dinner, do my hair and makeup, and then get ready to perform!!
Wish me luck!
xo
Jo
Oh yeah, and if’ you’re feeling overly generous, you can buy me something by either going here or clicking on a picture of something below:
| Etsy Buy Handmade Jo Hoffberg |
Or you can just send me an email wishing me Happy Birthday!
Category Fabulous on Etsy, Musings | Tags: 2009,Amazon,birthday,dance classes,iDance,Lindy Focus,One Swing Out - One world,wish list | No Comments
