About the Teachers
Sanna Leinonen (FIN) & Adam LaMontagne (FIN)
Sanna and Adam have been dancing and teaching swing dances together for more than fifteen years. During this time, they have become well known for the joy and skill that they bring to the social dance floor. In the classroom, they focus on values of authenticity, positivity, and collaboration. They emphasize a solid mix of technique and playfulness resulting in a dynamic and personalized approach to musicality and movement that is accessible to all dancers.
Anni Skoglund (SWE) & Gašper Hrovat (SWE/SLO)
Anni and Gašper are professional dance instructors who, regardless of the level of the class, set dancers on a journey with a productive and creative spirit. “We learn from each other” is the mindset that puts their workshops in another category. Their workshops are supported by knowledge of body awareness, their original material and inspiration from their favourite dance masters.
Empathy and kindness are qualities of Anni and Gašper that make them genuinely connect with people, engage with musicians on stage, and always acknowledge your invitation to a dance. They are positive, fun and joyful people to have at your event. Anni and Gašper are swing dancers who especially enjoy to shuffle, Purebal, and add flying lindy into a Balswing. When dancing Slowbal it’s like time stops around them. That moment is the one connecting flow.
Isabelle Jaschke (GER) & Eran Tobi (ISR/GER)
After discovering Swing in 2007, Eran Tobi spent almost all of his time to travel, dance and spread the spirit of Lindy Hop, Balboa & co. in Israel. He is one of the co-founder of Holy Lindy Land - one of the most successful swing dance schools of our time. His passion for the dance and teaching it lead him in 2013 to Berlin, from where he could expend his love for the dance onto the world. Eran has won multiple competitions in Lindy Hop, Balboa and Blues at different events, e.g. at the International Lindy Hop Championships, Lindy On The Rocks, Berlin Blues Explosion, Camp Hollywood and the European Swing Dance Championships.
Isabelle Jaschke got hooked on Swing dance from the first time seeing it and when she had to move to a new city, she decided where to go depending on the supply of Swing dance classes where she could learn the dance. It didn't take long and she took the dance floors in Freiburg on storm. She never missed an opportunity to soak as much as possible on local and international dance knowledge or to try something new. The dance school became her second home and Isabelle was on all Lindy Hop, Balboa and Blues dance floors in Freiburg and around.
Eran and Isabelle believe that the quality of movement is a very important component of couple dancing. They teach complex movements by means of examples from everyday life and with a lot of humor, so that everybody can apply them easily. You will notice that behind Eran's soft smile and Isabelle's sometimes strict look, there is a preserving couple, which won't give up until everybody understands the move.
