Lindsay Kelly
Lindsay Kelly has been dancing as long as she’s been walking (possibly earlier, it’s hard to say). While her first ventures in the dance classroom were for ballet and tap,…
Hussain Jaffery
Hussain Jaffery is an internationally-recognized Lindy Hop and Vernacular Jazz dancer, teacher, and performer based in New York City. When he’s not at Steps, he teaches independently and with Midtown…
Gaby Cook
Gaby Cook is an esteemed, active professional in the global lindy hop community. For nearly 20 years, she has established her career performing and teaching for major swing dance festivals worldwide…
Mikaela Hass
Mikkie began her dance journey in 2013. A longtime fan of Swing Era music, she fell in love with the art form and never looked back. For the past 12…
Annabel & Michael Quisao
Annabel and Michael have each been dancing partnered swing dances for more than 20 years, and teaching together locally and nationally since 2012. Annabel began with Lindy Hop in 2002…
Michael Quisao
Michael Quisao grew up in Dallas, traveled the world with the U.S. Navy, and has been proud to call DC home since 2014. Michael loves DJing because he gets to…
Desirae Vasquez & Matt Davis
As musicians turned dancers, Matt and Desirae were drawn to West Coast Swing because of the opportunity it provides for musicality and expression in yet another way. They have run…
Caleb Teicher
Caleb Teicher began their Lindy Hop journey as a member of Michael Jagger & Evita Arce's Syncopated City Dance Company. From there, Caleb collaborated with Nathan Bugh to create a…
Maxwell Thew – Ballroom Coordinator
Max started west coast swing in college as an outlet from his music education major. He quickly fell in love with the dance, seeking a wide range of perspectives and…
Javier “Skeets” Johnson
Javier Johnson is a rocket scientist by trade, and he brings a powerful analytical sense that joins the mechanics of dance and the soul of expression. He is well-versed in…
Nicole & Thibault Ramirez
Since officially partnering in 2019, Thibault and Nicole have become three-time West Coast Swing Showcase World Champions, with a combined ten World Championship titles. Thibault, a French Title holder in…
Irina Amzashvili & Anthony Chen
Irina Amzashvili: Dancing in all forms has been a lifelong passion for Irina (she/her). In 2009, at the age of 15, she stumbled upon Swing dancing and it took only…
Cameo McHenry & Ben Morris
Cameo McHenry: Cameo started dancing almost immediately after birth. Daughter of Michael and Amber Cross (The 1st US Open Swing Dance Champions ever), she was exposed to WCS almost immediately.…
Nathan Bugh
Nathan Bugh: Nathan Bugh “rocked the stage” at Carnegie Hall, dancing Lindy Hop with the New York Pops Orchestra. And he has performed in Harlem’s famous Apollo Theater, in “Swingin’…