Pavlina Grombirikova & Jonathan Ng (Czech Republic/United States)

Pavli is a swing and blues music geek lover and collect millions of vintage vinyls. She loves to dance to all tempos of swing, both solo and in couple. In her classes she is known to encourage follows to explore different ways how to influence the dance and likes focus on self-expression of dancers. 10 years ago she created her Dance School in Brno, called Swing Wings and became an important person in developing of the swing scene in Czech Republic. She also believes dancing and building this community is one of the most beautiful and positive forms of activism.

Jonathan Ng is an avid teacher and competitor in balboa, lindy hop, and solo jazz based in New York City. He strives to give students the tools to develop their own unique voice in the dance by sharing the values of conversation, musicality, and play in each class he teaches. With a background as a jazz violinist, Jonathan approaches swing dancing with the same core philosophy as he would playing on the bandstand: the best ideas are born out of a combination of great technique and the willingness to explore beyond it.

Happy birds deserve to fly and anything goes as long as it swings, like floating on the dance floor and time is unlimited.

“Dancers don’t need wings to fly!”