Candice Michelle Franklin

Candice Michelle Franklin, born and raised in the world of live jazz music and jazz dance, is a New York–based professional dancer, choreographer, and music producer. She is the Artistic Producing Director of her own live urban jazz music and dance production, JAZZ AIN’T DEAD®, as well as the Artistic Director of Cumbe RISE, an open community dance company and performance workshop series produced by Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance.

www.candicefranklin.com

Hannah Lane

Hannah Lane (she/her) is a Jazz dancer and jazz history researcher from Baltimore, Maryland. As a teenager Hannah found Lindy Hop at the Mobtown Ballroom, the center of Baltimore’s swing dance scene, and a unique community space that has been like a second home to her for more than a decade.

Tyedric Hill

Tyedric Hill is a traveling artist deeply rooted in Black cultural and social dance traditions. He explores their evolution and interconnections.

Cyle Dixon

At 28 years old, Cyle Dixon is a proud Cleveland native and award-winning dancer who discovered his passion for artistic expression early in life. He often reflects on how he first learned to hear music from the soul while soul line dancing at barbecues and singing in church as a child. Cyle embarked on his dance journey at just thirteen, joining the Cleveland Junior Jitterbugs (CJJ).

Samuel Coleman

Samuel Coleman is a multi-disciplinary teaching/performing artist who has taught and facilitated for many prestigious institutions including: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazzmobile, The Ailey School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Hunter College, Harlem One Stop, Minton’s Playhouse, Boys and Girls Club of Harlem, Ginny’s Supper Club, Swing 46, Harlem Stage, The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art &

Brandon Barker

Brandon is a dance performer, teacher, and choreographer. Although he predominantly teaches Lindy Hop, he is actively taking classes and going to socials for Hip Hop, House dance, and Chicago footwork. He began dancing at 3 years old at the Dance Theatre of Harlem doing Ballet, and progressed those skills through his time in his middle school, Ballet Tech, where he also learned modern dance and repertoire.

Chisomo Selemani

Chisomo Selemani is a speech-language pathologist, professor, and dance enthusiast. She is from Zambia, but has spent much of her life in the U.S. Even so, her very first dance lessons were from her mom and sisters. Chisomo became passionate about Afrobeats and dance fitness through dancing, performing and teaching with ZOCA dance Zambia. She has taught and performed across the U.S., mostly in conjunction with another dance passion, Swing. She loves to dance, perform, compete, and teach Lindy hop and Balboa.

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 one night of social dancing for her to fall head over heels in love with it. Though Lindy Hop was her gateway into the world of Swing, Irina’s passion quickly expanded to include Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and solo jazz. She owes her rapid progression in part to spending her formative years of dancing in Southern California, home to some of the best Swing dancers, teachers, and music in the world.

Bobby White

Always striving to capture the classic spirit of the original Jitterbugs with a modern voice, Bobby teaches Balboa, Lindy Hop, Solo Jazz, and Collegiate Shag nationally and internationally.

Anthony Chen

Anthony’s first ingress into the performing arts was at age 8 when his parents convinced him to learn and perform Chinese lion dances. He then stumbled upon breakdancing during a national speech and debate tournament in middle school, and at the age of 16, he had his first foray into swing dancing alongside other young interns from a research laboratory. Since then, he has trained in other dance styles ranging from hip-hop to West Coast Swing, but most of all he enjoys using this background to expand upon his technique and creativity in Lindy Hop.

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