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swing classes available to you... Josie Say 714-225-4793
or Josie Say, from Orange, CA, is an international instructor, performer, and choreographer, who has been a featured dancer in movies, TV, videos, and stage shows. Credits include teaching at The Camp in Stockholm, the Herrang Dance Camp, the San Francisco Swing Dance Festival, and clubs like The Derby, and performing in the World Lindy Hop Championships in Sweden, "The 13th Floor," The Rose Parade, Grammy Awards Party, and various Disney shows. Showing her versatility as a follower, she has not only won such contests as the 1998 Harvest Moon Ball and San Francisco Swing Jam with different partners, but has worked with world-class leaders like David Dalmo, Steven Mitchell, Lennart Westerlund, Chazz Young, and the legendary Frankie Manning. Josie is most widely known for her fusion of hip hop and lindy hop, but also incorporates elements of her training in jazz, tap, African, and musical theatre. The person your very own Nocturne hostess learned her basics from :-) David Frutos & Kim Clever Winners of the 1998 US Lindy Open! Kim and David are awesome dancers and used to pack 'em in for their class every Wednesday at the Derby. Now you're going to have to take a private or semi-private, or try their beginning lindy class at Paladino's Lounge. Contact them at 805-339-0219 (and tell them Nocturne sent you!) Jofflyn Valencia Jofflyn is great fun to dance with, and can teach the basics and the advanced moves with equal ease. Privates available, or call him to teach the class at your next event! He has performed at the Greek Theater and in the Rose Bowl Parade, and with the Tex Beneke and Les Brown Orchestras. He's taught at many corporate and social events, and at workshops all over the west coast. He is expert at handling large crowds - his recent class at UCLA consisted of over 100 couples! Contact him at 562-865-0392 or by email at Lindyjoff@aol.com Ben
and Sheri Ben and Sheri currently teach Lindy I and Lindy II classes on Wednesday nights at the Dance Family Studio in Pasadena. Contact them for more information at 323-459-2303 or on the web at http://www.one2swing.com Shesha and Nikki Lindy Hop Swing Dance Lessons in Orange County with The Orange County Swing Dance Club and Shesha, Marvin, and Nikki. Visit www.ocswing.com for all details or call 909-656-6119 or e-mail shesha@swinginfo.com. They offer very affordable, popular, and high quality lessons, and run 2 dance clubs and many special events. All ages welcome and you never need a partner. Tell them Nocturne sent you and get $5 off the 1st lesson series for you AND everyone you bring! Creators of Hollywood Style, Erik and Sylvia are amazing dancers! From lindy and aerials to shag and balboa, they can do and teach everything. Privates available, or look for them at many of the lindy workshops around the country and the world. Visit their website at www.erikandsylvia.com Rusty Frank - Lindy by the Sea Visit http://www.rustyfrank.com/ for classes in Lindy Hop, Swing, Charleston, Balboa, and Collegiate Shag, call Rusty at 310-606-5606, or contact her by e-mail at info@rustyfrank.com I enjoyed the classes I've attended - they have a great attitude and have fun dancing, and teach a good solid basic. If they're in your neighborhood, give 'em a try! Doug Silton Doug Silton began swing dancing in 1992 and for the past six years, he has been teaching, competing, and performing internationally. Doug is a two-time American Lindy Hop Champion (2001 Strictly Division and 2002 Classic Division) and has placed in numerous NASDE West Coast Swing and CSA Carolina Shag competitions. Doug is based in Los Angeles and is the co-founder of LindyGroove, currently the nation's largest weekly Lindy Hop dance venue. In his teaching, Doug focuses on lead/follow techniques, centering, and musicality, incorporating various aspects of his favorite dances: Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, Carolina Shag, Hip-Hop, Collegiate Shag, and Balboa. You can find him and his instructional videos online at www.dougsilton.com studio: 310-508-6419 Marcus & Bärbl Phone: 818-692-5523 South Bay Swing Dance Club They have Group/Private instructions for beginning, intermediate, & advanced levels in: Lindy Hop, East Coast, West Coast Swing, Jitterbug Shag, Balboa, Hustle, Night Club 2-Step, Salsa, Cha Cha, and Women's Styling & Techniques, and a swing dance performance team. Visit their website at http://www.sbsdc.com/ Vito Lorenzi How 'bout something different? "Dance like a 50's Hepcat." Learn to dance the rock 'n' roll - jitterbug, the bop, and the jive. Beginners, Intermediate, advanced; couples welcome. Affordable by-the-hour lessons; 8 years experience. "Stop lookin' square and start dancin' cool!" For a private lesson, call Vito Lorenzi, 323-462-4920, and tell him Nocturne.com sent you! Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association To be perfectly honest, not my favorite place. The classes are too big for anything resembling personal attention, and the sisters maintain a little bit of a drill sergeant attitide about lindy - do it their way or else. You can look out over a club full of dancers and know who learned from them - they don't tolerate a lot of individualism in their dance students. But to be fair, a good place to learn the basics - I wouldn't take an intermediate or advanced class from them again, but I do send beginning dancers here. They're also responsible for bringing Frankie Manning out of retirement, so we have to give them credit for that. Bring lots & lots of water, set yourself up in front of one of the fans, and make sure you dress like you're heading for the Everglades - the temperature and humidity can kill you if you're not prepared. They teach everything, from East Coast Swing and Lindy to aerials and Latin. Visit their web site for complete information. Roscoe Farnsworth Swing (Lindy Hop,
Charleston, St. Louis Shag, East Coast, West Coast), Salsa, Cha-Cha, Latin,
Disco, Two-step, Cowboy Swing. If you want to preview his teaching style,
check out his classes at the Derby. Privates and various classes also
available. Essex & Lee "Essex &
Lee love turning new people on to swing dancing! They teach the highly
popular 6-week Monday night “Beyond the Basics” series at
Memories in Whittier. Connexions Dance Studio "We currently offer six-week group classes on Monday nights with instructor Laura Shigemitsu who says, 'My passion is Lindy Hop!' The beginning class is 6-count east coast swing, the intermediate class introduces 8-count lindy. Laura teaches Hollywood style, and is also versed in Savoy style, Balboa and Collegiate shag." Address: 275 S. Laurel St.,
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