YOUR TEACHERS
For 2025 we are featuring a truly International teacher line up from the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Singapore, Australia and Mozambique, including, (in no particular order...) [last update 23-01-2025]
Sinclair Ang |
Sinclair Ang founded Jazz Inc over a decade and a half ago as a collective championing traditional jazz music and dancing through classes, performances, and lectures.
With over 25 years of experience, he was taught and performed across Europe and Asia-Pacific in over 30 cities in 20 countries. In the past, he was helped with the early growth and development of some of the Asian scenes, but these days, spends most of his time in Singapore promoting the dance and the music. His holistic approach to jazz includes leading his own band Sinclair Ang & His Rhythmakers, as well as researching and writing about the jazz music scene in Singapore, bringing the art form to people of all ages and abilities. |
Tatiana Udry |
Today, Tatiana Udry is a swing star, she has many titles in Solo Charleston, Jazz Roots and Blues and Lindy Hop, and Tatiana is known for her endless energy, flexibility and captivating charisma.
Sure, you can not stop looking at her! Her movement is happy, with positive energy and unique style, and with creativity, playfulness and lots of energy, she will help your jazz solo reach a new level! |
Trisha Sewell |
Trisha has been on the international scene since 2003, and is one of the most influential teachers within the UK. Her experience and tenacity have helped her to push the boundaries in everything that she does and she doesn't give up until its right! Her speciality is ensuring that class material is balanced for followers and she has an eye for detail to see and understand what needs to be done to make things work better and for the dance to look as authentic as it can.
She communicates clearly and makes the most complex of ideas and patterns simple so that students really understand how it should look and feel. Trisha has a natural flair, unique touch and very distinctive style on the dance floor... her focus is to recreate the look of the original dancers of the Lindy Hop, mixed with providing followers with technique as well as musicality. Her experience of Tap helps others to understand Rhythms and how to improvise within the dance, but on top of this she has also had formal training in ballet, contemporary Jazz, Tap and musical theatre since the age of 5 years old. She has more than 17 years of experience in Lindy Hop, Blues, 20's Charleston, Authentic Jazz movement, Black Bottom, Balboa, Jive and Salsa, and is credited as having spearheaded the revival of authentic Jazz within the UK. She has also trained some of the UKs newest teachers and was the artistic director and choreographer for the UKs leading performance group Swing Attack. Trisha has a very positive and forward thinking approach to life and her wide experiences enable her to achieve anything despite the challenges that are set ahead of her, all of which make her a joy to be taught by! |
Carlos Machava |
A professional dancer from Mozambique, Carlos has danced with the National Ballet of Mozambique, the Companhia Nacional de Dança e Canto, and with the Hodi Maputo Afro-Swing company. Currently, he dances and teaches traditional dances from Mozambique and swing and afro-swing, panda street dance, solo jazz dances in Geneva, Europe and at international festivals.
When Carlos discovered swing dance, he immediately loved these Afro-American dances which mix African and European origins to express all the richness of jazz music. He likes to bring roots jazz back to its roots, mixing it with traditional dances from Mozambique. For Carlos, dance is the expression of music and its moving rhythms and it is all this energy that he transmits on stage and in his classes. |
Hugo Marty |
Hugo grew up in the famous French Horse circus troupe family "Zingaro", and was exposed to artistic discipline from a very young age. Partner dancing is his calling, especially Lindy Hop, which he loves mostly for its improvisation, connection, music and athleticism.
He competes and wins a lot in many of the most prestigious events ( Snowball and ILHC to name but two... ) and teaching has become a passion; he has now been travelling all around Europe for more than 10 years to teach and share his vision of dancing. |
Cécile |
Cécile Cécile started dancing at a young age and quickly made it her favourite form of expression.
After twenty years of ballet and contemporary dance, she discovered Lindy Hop. Attracted by the social dimension and freedom offered by this dance, she immersed herself in intensive training while advancing her career as a dancer. Since 2022, she has been teaching Lindy hop and solo jazz in Paris. |
Hector Artal |
Hector started dancing ballroom in 1999 and discovered his passion for Argentinian Tango and Cuban salsa. Since then is also danced from co contemporary dance, Afro, Cuban rumba and jazz. Lindy Hop came into his life in 2005 and since then he's studied different dances from the roots, respecting their origins to better understand every single move.
Sonya and Hector have both been teaching Lindy hop on a regular basis in various dance schools in Barcelona since 2003, and have been partly responsible for promoting the success of the Lindy hop boom nationally in Spain. They're now travelling all around the world, involved in spreading the Lindy Hop word and venturing into as many projects as possible. Together, they are keen to demonstrate their love and enthusiasm for Lindy Hop through their work that others too can enjoy. |
Sonia Ortega |
Sonia has been dancing since the age of 5, but Lindy hop is the one style that has truly captured her heart.
She has been teaching regular classes in Barcelona since 2000 and cross Europe for the past 15 years. |
Roser Ros |
Roser Ros is an international swing dance instructor based in Barcelona, Spain. She teaches Lindy Hop, aerials and Solo Jazz in some of the most important Lindy Hop events in Europe, and also teaches regular classes in her home scene, Barcelona.
Outside of Europe, she taught in Taiwan, Japan, Reunion Island and Canada. Roser started doing gymnastics when she was 3 years old, and later entered the world of circus. She had been learning different types of dance all this time, until in 2011 she discovered Lindy hop, and has been unable to leave ever since. She has a background in pedagogy, coaching essentials, and education. Before becoming a professional dancer, she was a primary school teacher specialized in physical education. Roser is a great fast swing dancer. She dances with an energetic and precise style. She's handy with dips and tricks, and aerials. As a choreographer she has worked for dance groups, music groups, artists, and videos. |
Marcos Leon |
Marcos Leon is a jazz dancer, he works as a swing teacher in Zaragoza (Spain) and at national and international festivals and workshops as a facilitator/teacher. He has been dancing since 2012 and teaching for 7 years.
As a jazz culture enthusiast, he focuses his dancing in lindy hop, solo jazz and tap dance, trying to respect the roots and the values of vernacular jazz. As a growing partnership, dancing together as well as in their classes, Roser and Marcos emphasize rhythm, communication and self expression, always in a jazz culture context. |
Ionut Bâjescu |
When Ionut found swing dancing, it was love at first sight. He was immersed in it: attended every weekly class he could find, countless festivals abroad including the Herräng Dance Camp in 2019 for 5 continuous weeks.
Ionut believes that partnered dancing can make people happier. This is why today you can find him teaching classes and performing - to share the dance that he finds so interesting. |
Liane Wergen |
Liane discovered Lindy Hop after moving to London. She has always loved dancing and found swing dance a welcome challenge.
When she is not teaching, she is practising, social dancing, travelling to international Lindy Hop festivals, or learning about the history of jazz. Her shelf is filled with books on jazz dance and music, and she feels passionate about connecting with the dance through its rich history. |
Corina Kwami
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A Fireside Discussion: 'Storytelling Across Music, Dance & Identity' We're incredibly excited to welcome Corina Kwami to talk about:
From Gatsby Age to Ellington, from Basie to the Jazz Messengers, Corina Kwami & the Swing Selection' have dazzled international festivals (Berlin Solo Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Lindy Exchange, Nighthawks, Cambridge Lindy Exchange, Swingfest) and London's dance scenes alike. An accomplished dancer herself, she is at home with solo jazz, tap and swing dances - blending rhythms routed in movement and story-telling. Corina's extended work also includes contributions from the arts to innovation, future cities and sustainability. As a recognized thought leader with a PhD, she has deepened pedagogy in bridging the arts and sciences in order to facilitate exchanges between these worlds. You can see her face on series for the Discovery Channel and Science Channel. She lives in London. |
