We take pride in the quality of our instructors. We believe offering differing styles of teaching instruction gives students a broader, more rounded experience when learning Lindy Hop (and its variations).Hover your cursor over a photo to get a brief bio.
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Victor began dancing as early as he could walk with Grandma White who not only taught him 'the steps' but also how to interpret early Jazz music. Victor took the lessons he learned from Grandma and began teaching Swing dance and DJ'ing danceable Jazz music. His passion for swing motivated him to begin the Swing Dance nights at the Mercury Café and establish a performance swing dance troupe, The Flying Aces. Today, as acting president for the Colorado Swing Dance Club, Victor continues to DJ, teach and perform with his wife, Margaret Skokan.
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In the spring of 1999 David had his first Swing dancing experience (attempting East Coast Swing) at New York's famous Supper Club. It wasn't until that fall when he discovered Lindy Hop. He's proud to say through today, he continues to dance at least three times a week. David's taught at the Turnverein since 2002, focusing on getting beginning dancers into Lindy Hop. David is one of the volunteer organizers of the Denver Lindy Exchange and currently teaches Fridays at the Turnverein. More information about David's Lindy instruction can be found on his website, Eight Count Magic - www.eightcountmagic.com.
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Bio coming soon!
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Back in 2005, Scot Mattson threw a house party and played some blues music. It was awesome. Now he wants everyone else to enjoy listening and dancing to blues. In his classes, Scot hopes to teach you how not to suck at blues.
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Michael started dancing east coast swing in 1998, at a small club in Colorado Springs. Lindy hop followed soon after, but he didn't really become hooked until 2001. Since then, he has traveled throughout the country, attending workshops, camps and exchanges from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. He joined Focus on the Lindy in 2004, and continued to teach in the Springs as a part of that group until (finally!) moving to Denver in 2007.
He remembers a workshop in Houston, March 2003, where he became utterly entranced while watching a dance called the Balboa; he returned home as one of the first "Bal addicts" in the Colorado scene. He loves to share his passion for both dances.
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A good old Georgia boy who never thought he would call himself a dancer. Stumbled into teaching ballroom dance classes in college and was drawn to social Lindy hop after meeting the forever moving Frankie Manning. A.D. has been teaching swing since 2004 and has a passion
for growing the skill set on the social dance floor. A.D. loves the technical aspects of the dance while is always searching for new ways to express himself. Move.
Don't forget to do the things that make you smile!
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Matty began dancing in Prague when she accidentally befriended a Lindy Hop teacher and realized that dance is one of the few things that can be learned without language. Often getting laughs for taking up a truly American dance form while traveling outside the US, she was happily surprised when she returned to Colorado and found a thriving Swing community she'd never known about.
Matty thinks the best dancing happens when a person truly listens to the music and lets herself play along.
One of her favorite lindy experiences may have been when she told her ninety-year-old grandmother that she'd been doing a lot of swing dancing lately. "Why do you call it 'Swing Dancing?' " Nana replied as she led a swingout. "This is how I've always danced."
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Rachael is an accomplished blues and lindy hop dancer and instructor. She focuses on concepts such as simplicity, clarity, expression, and body awareness which are critical to advanced social dancing. She strongly believes in incorporating both creativity and technique into social dancing and teaches her students how to find a balance of the two within their own dancing. Being an avid listener and fan of the music she dances to, Rachael loves to emphasize the importance of musicality in social dancing including rhythms and layering to match the music. Overall, she has a genuine passion for teaching every level of social dancer and is excited to share her knowledge and love for dance with those who would like to learn.
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Brian started swing dancing in 1998 in Los Angeles. After discovering the swing scene he moved to San Diego for college. By 2002 he was a regular DJ at San Diego venues and competed on the hip-hop Lindy fusion team “Lindy San Diego” at Monsters of Swing in 2001-2. He has since attended many Lindy events in the US and Europe dancing in Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany, Switzerland and France. Brian began teaching Lindy Hop in 2003 with Evita Arce (featured on “So You Think You Can Dance) at The Dance Doctor in Santa Monica, CA, and taught Lindy Hop and ballroom classes full time at Arthur Murray for the two years following that. Brian, most recently, was a member of the team “One2Swing Jump” from Los Angeles and continues to DJ and train with local partners.