Jojo Jackson
Jojo Jackson is a world-renowned Lindy Hop, Charleston,
and Blues dance
instructor.
Hailing from Ithaca, NY, she has taught,
competed, judged, and performed
vintage jazz dances since 1998.
She is an American Lindy Hop champion, an Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown champion, and has performed with teams such as
Minnie's Moochers and Mad Dog.
Jojo is known for her high-intensity, highly creative solo Jazz and
Lindy Hop classes as well
as her expressive style of Slow Drag,
Ballrooming, and solo Blues. She is one of the few female instructors
who is consistently hired to teach workshops throughout the United
States and the world without a standing partnership-- a trait that has
enabled her to partner with, at various times, over thirty of today’s
finest Lindy Hop virtuosos. Above all, Jojo loves to dance, to
create, and to empower others to do the same.
Reuel Reis
Reuel's unique style of dancing holds its roots in the dirty streets of the
Big Easy, where he was born and raised. Growing up, Reuel's mother was a
late-night DJ of avant-garde jazz for the local New Orleans radio station
WWOZ and raised him listening to artists such as Billie Holiday, the Rebirth
Brass Band, and the Dirty Rascals. He also played in school bands under jazz
greats like Walter Peyton and Edward "Kidd" Jordan. Despite their excellent
instruction, he soon learned that his talents were not in playing the jazz
that he loved, but in dancing to its rhythms. Since then, Reuel attempts to
imbue the spirit, culture, rawness, and tradition of his hometown (where you
can still hear some of the greatest live music in the world on any given
night) into every dance.
Reuel currently lives in Nashville, TN, where he is a full-time Lindy Hop
instructor and dance event organizer. He has an extraordinary ability to get
a group of people together to accomplish a goal and makes use of this talent
on a regular basis. He is also preparing to pursue his Ph.D. in economics in
the fall of 2010. Reuel also dabbles in tap dance, African movement, tango,
and other swing dances to improve the breadth and depth of his dancing.