Instructors

Tina Davis | Heidi Fite | Don West | Damon Stone
Tina Davis (Dallas/Austin)
http://www.sweettproductions.com
Tina has been dancing Swing, Lindy Hop and Blues since 1999, getting caught up in the resurgence of Swing Dancing thanks to those crazy Gap ads. Since then she's been dancing up a storm, fitting in a growing love for West Coast Swing, Argentine Tango and Ballroom Dance with all that swingin'. Tina is continuing her love affair with dance by teaching and spreading her love of Blues dance across the land. She has organized and/or taught at several Blues dance workshops in Austin and Dallas, and at national events like Austin Blues Party, Blues Boot Camp (Dallas) and ReEnter the Blues (Atlanta). Tina likes to emphasize to students sound fundamentals, the basics of rhythm, and love of the music. But most of all, dancing has just got to be fun. For more info on what Tina's up to, check out her web site at: www.sweettproductions.com.

Heidi Fite (San Francisco)
http://www.blues-dance.com
Heidi began dancing and teaching Lindy Hop and Blues with Charlie Fuller in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1999 and has been dancing, teaching, and performing ever since. She now lives in San Francisco, California, where she teaches weekly Lindy Hop classes with Manu Smith at the 9:20 Special and travels on the weekend teaching Blues workshops with Damon Stone. Admired for her clear explanation of fundamentals, Heidi brings to all her classes and workshops not only a focus on solid techniques, but more important, a love of dance and a dedication to the learning process.

Don West (Dallas)
on West has been dancing since 1997 and teaching since 2000 in Dallas. He's been in a number of dance troupes including Smiley's Lindy Hoppers, Uptown Swing and began his own troupe called the Madcap Maniacs and is now the creative director for the ACME Swing Company. He was also the 2000 American Lindy Hop Jack and Jill Champion in Connecticut as well as first place winner in several local competitions in Austin and Houston. Don's teaching style focuses on technique and communication in social dancing, and wants nothing more than to share his love of the dance with you and for you to enjoy yourself on the dance floor. For private lessons, please contact Blues Revue Staff directly.

Damon Stone (San Francisco)
Damon has been dancing his entire life. Starting with vernacular Jazz/Blues he went on to Hip-Hop, and eventually studied well over a dozen different dance forms until coming full circle in 1995 to focus primarily on the history and styles of Swing and Blues. He has taught dance extensively on both coasts, and studied the development of vernacular Jazz/Blues dance regionally and nationally, traveling to New York, Chicago, Memphis, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, St. Louis, and New Orleans. He has been interviewed as a Black dance historian in documentary and for radio. Damon has been a featured instructor at numerous swing camps and jazz festivals and workshops and camps across the U.S. and Canada. He is a member of the California Historical Jazz Dance Foundation, and a Director of the Northern California Lindy Society.