Trainers

Giu & Andy

Andreas Hoppe called Andy is most known as the owner and founder of Swing connects (together with Sonja - classes, workshops and camps in Cologne plus events as the Lindy Hop Heaven, The Great Christmas (and Summer and New Years) Ball of the Swing Era and the Mosel Hop Camp) and the founding off the Swingin' Pool Cologne (again together with Sonja). Andy has taught workshops and taster classes in many german scenes and internationally (Spain, Croatia, England, Luxemburg and the Netherlands). He started dancing the Lindy Hop in 2006 and quickly became enthusiastic and addicted to it. During his dancing time he developed his own way of teaching, focussing on fun and easyness in technique & understanding - to him the Lindy Hop is a joint and ongoing process of communication. The people most like his logical but funny way of making Lindy Hop accessible to everyone. He also loves smoothing together different dance approaches as in moves transferred into Lindy Hop or switching roles inbetween moves in leading and following and into different moves within the same 6- or 8-count.

Giuseppina Galloro has been named artist of the Swing Era. She is a versatile and passionate artist, dancer and trainer specialising in the dances of the Swing Era. Her repertoire encompasses Charleston, Lindy Hop and Vintage Jazz. Bringing to life the music and dances of this bygone era.

You can encounter her solo, as show-act or within a trainers couple. She founded an artist collective liasing with Swing Music Bands, Dancers & DJs alike bringing to life "The Great Gatsby" or "The Roaring Twenties" events. Giu embodies authentic Swing-Dance be it in an Vintage-Look or in some kind of fashion time travel, notwithstanding cultural background talks and lectures. She is teaching classes regularly for all kinds of ages (including her Swings Kids) and backgroun ds in the Rhein-Main area

Andrea & Michael

They dance and teach together for already twenty odd years in Boogie Woogie and Lindy Hop. Andrea started dancing at the age of 7 years, Standard- & Latin to start with moving on to Ballett and Jazz Dance incl. tournaments. She started to teach Lindy and Boogie being 16 years of age......Michael was impressed by Music from early childhood onwards. Suffice to say he started plaing the piano as a kid and started dancing Boogie from his teenhood onwards.

He too is a teacher for donkeys years already and regularly features as a workshop trainer and DJ.

Somewhere the "Schruenthers" encountered each other and subsequently started to teach together and to being an item. Eversince then Lindy Hop und Boogie Woogie became part of their joint DNA and never to be excluded ever again.

Their combination of a sound dance education and a love for music lead to „CITYSwing Moers“ as their home base. Their teaching message hails as "hear it, feel it, show it." Being at ease, telling your story and express your own art signifies their teaching style.

Maren & Bernd

Maren and Bernd are on an inspiring move in the Berlin Lindy-Hop-Scene since 2009 and are up for grabs for a dance at any time. They were thrilled from the beginning by the open, joyful and special atmosphere that that prevailed during the Lindy-Hop dancing events. Today in their own classes they especially emphasize a good Lead and Follow supplemented by clear techniques. In their workout they concentrate on what is technically feasible and creativity. Their own dancing style distinguishes itself by harmonic flow, round flowing movements and playing with different Tempi. In Berlin they regularly offer classes as trainer in the RRC-Spreeathen and as workshop trainer internationally. (for more informations www.lindyturn.de)