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City |
State |
Country |
Website |
My Story/Profile Desc |
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Wendy Wenck Craighill
instructor
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Williamsburg |
VA |
United States |
www.Lindy101.com |
I saw the Gap Commercial, watched a lesson at Tio Leos in LA, and took a workshop with Steven & Virg...... |
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Horst
instructor
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Hallbergmoos |
near Munich |
Germany |
www.swing.org |
Exactly eightteen years ago at the Whitsun Camp 1992(Boogie Bären)I was infected with swing fever b...... |
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Hep Jen
instructor
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San Francisco |
CA |
United States |
www.hepjen.com |
I started dancing Lindy Hop in Seattle in 1996. At the time, we didn't have enough Lindy Hoppers i...... |
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Jojo Jackson
instructor
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Rochester |
NY |
United States |
jojojackson.com |
I discovered Lindy Hop on August 5, 1998 at the Wednesday Night Hop in Ithaca, NY. I know it's che...... |
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Phil Whitehead
instructor
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Wellington |
North Island |
New Zealand |
www.fullswing.co.nz |
Been dancing Lindy Hop now since 2004. Have taught workshops at the Auckland Lindy Exchange (100% Pu...... |
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Steve Stone
instructor
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Orlando |
FL |
United States |
www.swingbearblue... |
I started dancing in 1997 at a little club above it all called "Rat Packs on the Ave" It was owned...... |
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Burnie with QueerJitterbugs.com
instructor
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San Francisco |
CA |
United States |
QueerJitterbugs.com |
Why not teach Shag or Balboa to beginners instead of Ballroom East Coast Swing? I like ballroom too ...... |
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Erwann
instructor
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Paris |
Ile de France |
France |
www.comalamaison.net |
www.comalamaison.net...... |
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Sharon Davis
instructor
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Constantly travelling |
All over the world |
undefined |
www.sharondavis.c... |
I randomly stumbled across Lindy Hoppers dancing in a bar in Perth, when I was 19 years old. I thoug...... |
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BillBee
instructor
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Austin |
TX |
United States |
www.billborgida.com |
I began dancing with Contra dancing! I had never danced before. I fell in love with it very quickly,...... |
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Joel Domoe
instructor
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Cincinnati |
OH |
United States |
www.supermurgatro... |
coming later - this always puts me at a loss....... |
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Dan Amores
instructor
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Toronto |
ON |
Canada |
www.hogtownswing.com |
Been living the dance since 1998. Eating and sleeping get in the way....... |
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Mary
instructor
|
Los Angeles |
CA |
United States |
www.FlipMeDipMe.com |
I'll be back to fill this out later. I'm on my way out the door to go dancing!!!...... |
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Peter Flahiff
instructor
|
Seattle |
WA |
United States |
www.peterflahiff.com |
I first saw swing dancing at Disneyland on a Saturday when I was still in high school. It didn't k...... |
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Joe DeMers
instructor
|
Denver |
CO |
United States |
www.joeandnelle.com |
Coming soon....... |
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Kylie Woodard
instructor
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Oakland |
CA |
United States |
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Three years ago Frankie Manning was a complete stranger to me, if I had passed him on the street I w...... |
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Ming Pang
instructor
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Kuala Lumpur |
Selangor |
Malaysia |
klswing.com |
I joined swing class in Singapore when I first started working there. It was fun, involved Outfits, ...... |
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Anthony Chen
instructor
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Albuquerque |
NM |
United States |
www.abqswing.com |
My first big exposure to dance was in 2002 during a National Qualifier for Speech and Debate, when a...... |
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Shesha Marvin
instructor
|
Irvine |
CA |
United States |
www.ocswing.com |
Dance is art, and art is moody....... |
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Andrew Sutton
instructor
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Everywhere |
CA |
United States |
www.SmoothSavoy.com |
I have at least 2 stories of how I started dancing. One of the stories involves me hating it at fir...... |
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Claudia Joyal Laplante
instructor
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Montreal |
QC |
Canada |
www.stepetteswing... |
When I first saw people dancing Lindy Hop, I felt so much energy and joy. That's what brought me to...... |
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Megan Hornbecker
instructor
|
Redwood City |
CA |
United States |
WednesdayNightHop... |
After seeing Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at a club in Santa Barbara in 1996, I had to learn what everyone w...... |
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Trevor Gattis
instructor
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Sunnyvale |
CA |
United States |
www.wednesdaynigh... |
I have a friend who I was taking ballroom classes with who introduced me to Lindy Hop. I first start...... |
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Ulla Ritamäki
instructor
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Tampere |
Tampere |
Finland |
www.swingteam.fi |
writing here later!...... |
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Josie Say
instructor
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wherever dance takes me |
wherever music takes me |
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coming soon... it's time to eat! :)...... |
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Jen Greer
instructor
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Huntington Beach |
CA |
United States |
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I grew up in a very conservative family that frowned on dancing of any kind. But because I found Lin...... |
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LouLou
instructor
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Göteborg |
Vastra Gotlands |
Sweden |
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I went to a cancer charity event in London where a big band were playing and found a room full of sw...... |
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David Ljung Madison
instructor
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San Francisco |
CA |
United States |
swing.saintvitus.... |
Dave started dancing in 1996 after seeing the seminal and cheesy film Swing Kids.
He has been dan...... |
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Virginie Jensen
instructor
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San Francisco |
CA |
United States |
stevenandvirginie... |
I had danced since I was two, but when I got married I buried my hopes of a dancing career and moved...... |
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Meghan Gilmore
instructor
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Calgary |
AB |
Canada |
www.swingdancecal... |
If you take transit in Calgary you will often see me syncopating at the bus stop.
It all started ...... |
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Todd Dewey and Ronni Reese
instructor
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Denver |
CO |
United States |
www.stepsteptripl... |
Our bios are on our website so here's a joke: Two muffins are baking in the oven and one muffin says...... |
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Jeff Miller
instructor
|
Virginia Beach |
VA |
United States |
www.swingvirginia... |
a.k.a. SwingcatVB
"two left feet on the dance floor is better than one butt in the chair"...... |
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Lucy Falkner
instructor
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Vancouver |
BC |
Canada |
www.rhythmcity.ca |
coming soon......... |
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Noelle Gray
instructor
|
New Haven |
CT |
United States |
www.hopblues.com |
Umm.. I'll think about this and get back to it!...... |
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Daniel Newsome
instructor
|
Seattle |
WA |
United States |
danceonline.tv |
My name is Daniel Newsome, I'm a dancer from Seattle Washington (formerly Denver Colorado). I starte...... |
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Tara Weinstein
instructor
|
Providence |
RI |
United States |
www.taraweinstein... |
I took ballet for years as a kid and loved it, but the joy that I've found in swing dancing is unpar...... |
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Mike the Girl
instructor
|
Philadelphia |
PA |
United States |
www.mikethegirl.com |
When my parents attended my first grade dance recitals, they were pretty much convinced that of all ...... |
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Gen
instructor
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Québec |
QC |
Canada |
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My first lindy party was in 2000 in Quebec City. Ben organised one of is first venue in a bar called...... |
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Bryn Morin
instructor
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Westminster |
GLONDON |
United Kingdom |
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I started dancing after a coworker invited me along to a swing night. I actually didn't like it muc...... |
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Shane McCarthy
instructor
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Perth |
WA |
Australia |
www.swingit.com.au |
More later!...... |
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Nikki Marvin
instructor
|
Fullerton |
CA |
United States |
www.atomicballroo... |
Thanks to my mom’s love for old movies I was introduced to Swing music and dancing at a young age....... |
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Matthew Riddle
instructor
|
Melbourne |
VIC |
Australia |
www.matthewriddle... |
I began teaching Lindy Hop at Swing Central in Melbourne in 1999, and taught beginners, intermediate...... |
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Debbie Gitt
instructor
|
Los Angeles |
CA |
United States |
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I thought I was cool when I learned how to dance east coast swing in high school. But then I saw lin...... |
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Sing Lim
instructor
|
Singapore |
Singapore |
Singapore |
www.swingapore.com |
Lindy Hop saved my life. I was on my way to being an overweight, bored copywriter then i discovered...... |
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Claudia (Minnie) Schruhl
instructor
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Munich |
Bavaria |
Germany |
www.swing.org |
Frankie and the Rhythm Hot Shots, especially "W", Eddie&Eva, Lennart&Asa where some of the big examp...... |
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Bryant
instructor
|
Santa Barbara |
CA |
United States |
goverphotographic... |
I had some friends at the Renaissance fair in San Francisco that where dancing at the night time par...... |
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Linda Freeman
instructor
|
Kingston |
NY |
United States |
http://www.got2li... |
When I was downsized and burnt-out on corporate life, I yearned to do something that was pure, hones...... |
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Sam Chan and Jasmine Cheung
instructor
|
Pasadena |
CA |
United States |
www.one2swing.com... |
Coming soon......... |
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Carla Heiney
instructor
|
San Francisco Area |
CA |
United States |
www.carlaheiney.com |
on the way..
for now, you can check out
http://www.carlaheiney.com and or
http://www.redwoodcitys...... |
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David Graybill
instructor
|
New York |
NY |
United States |
www.davegraybill.com |
At NYU in 1994, I took a movement class for actors. We were doing partner work in class, and my tea...... |
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Maria McKee
instructor
|
Orlando |
FL |
United States |
orlandoswingdance... |
I started swing dancing in the 90's but didn't get serious about it until about 3 years ago. I have...... |
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Michael Gamble
instructor
|
Asheville |
NC |
United States |
www.michaelandjay... |
Random things I want to say about Lindy Hop:
1) Herrang Dance Camp. I made the trip over to Swede...... |
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Rusty Frank
instructor
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El Segundo |
CA |
United States |
rustyfrank.com |
I had been tap dancing since I was six years old, and had been a professional since my college days....... |
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BLACHARZ THOMAS
instructor
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Montpellier |
Hérault |
France |
www.ninjammerz.com |
We'll need to talk about it !
i hardly write things on my own or describe thing writing on the net...... |
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Neil Figuracion
instructor
|
East Los Angeles |
CA |
United States |
lindygroovetechni... |
I was part of the "Post Swingers/Pre Gap" generation of dancers. I had indeed seen Swingers, but for...... |
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Doug Silton
instructor
|
Pasadena |
CA |
United States |
www.DougSilton.com |
I started swing dancing in 1992 when I was a kid - and then got really into it when Swingers and the...... |
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Ben and Sheri
instructor
|
South Pasadena |
CA |
United States |
one2swing.com |
Ben and Sheri took opposite routes for their Lindy beginnings.
Sheri first started dancing thro...... |
