Instructors
SPENCER
Spencer has been dancing swing since 1998. He has extensively studied Lindy hop with four-time world champion and eight-time American champion, Nathalie Gomes. Spencer led the outreach program for Hop, Swing, and Jump dance studios at Swing 46, and local venues around NYC. Spencer had his own program in swing at the JCC in Manhattan for over 10 years, and also teaches privately. He has taught for Lincoln Center's "Midsummer Night Swing." He currently organizes the New York City Swing Dance Meet up Group, which has over 5,000 members, making it one of the most active swing dance clubs in the world. Spencer's classes were recently voted some of the best swing dance classes in NYC! See here: timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/best-swing-dancing-classes-in-nyc
Spencer currently teaches as a faculty member of Steps on Broadway. Find more info here:
JAIME
Jaime began her dance training at the age of four in her hometown of Milford, CT. In 2006 she received her BA in dance from Hofstra University Jaime has performed professionally with Azul Dance Theatre, Dance Cat-Alyst, Soluq Dance Theater, Lauren Hale Dance, and Kelley Donovan and Dancers. In 2010 Jaime met Tony Fraser and together, they quickly became a dynamic partnership in the swing dance community. Together they have performed and taught various styles of swing dance throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Currently Jaime is the artist director/choreographer for Kilowatt Dance Theater and continues to teach jazz and swing dance in NYC.
MILO
Milo "Milson" Saidl is a professional dancer and International Instructor & Coach from Prague, Czech Republic based in New York. He studied at Steps on Broadway. Milo has been performing and teaching throughout Europe and the US for more than 15 years. Before pandemic he used to teach at Dancesport studio in NYC. He belongs to one of the first Lindy Hoppers Dance Troupe in the Czech Republic and was instrumental in creating what has become the center of the Lindy scene in Prague. Milo also performed in several musical productions in the Czech Republic. While he has been trained in all styles of ballroom dance (certified in ISTD) he cannot deny that his passions are Lindy hop, and all the styles associated with the 30's and 40’s.
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NISSREEN
Nissreen has been dancing for over 20 years and teaching groups, private lessons and workshops in New Jersey for the past 10 years. She also performs in summer jazz festivals, private gigs and in her own performance group. Nissreen has been mentored by NYC's iconic instructors who studied with Frankie Manning. She also had the honor to study with him whenever he came to NYC. She is passionate about teaching and helping her students build a solid technical foundation. She also aims to foster their unique sense of musicality for the dance. All while having fun.
BROOKE
After growing up with ballet and modern dance, Brooke fell in love with lindy hop as a high school senior in 2016. She started at Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association with the Stevens sisters, who got Frankie Manning out of retirement, before heading to college at UC Davis. Brooke immediately became part of the Davis Swing Dancers club on campus, attending socials and performing at events throughout California with their performance team. In the school years, she kept busy training with Gary Sharpe while serving as DSD's performance team coordinator, which was her first foray into choreographing and teaching.
Alongside swing, Brooke has grown as a concert dancer, training at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, at UC Davis with David Grenke, and is currently attending the Ailey school in New York. She loves bringing elements of concert dance styles into her teaching. You can find her during the week at Steps on Broadway and Kilowatt Dance theater teaching with Spencer Weisbond, on the weekends instructing privately, and knitting on the couch any time in between!
SAMANTHA
Samantha started dancing Lindy hop in 2016. With an innate sense of musicality, Sam always pushes the music to the forefront. She believes this dance is the beautiful combination of joy, pain, heartbreak and pleasure. She has traveled most of the east coast and recently spent three weeks training in Herrang, Sweden. Sam is also versed in Blues, West Coast Swing, Fusion and Bachata. Since then, she’s competed and placed second in the International Lindy Hop Championships and the American Lindy Hop Championships. As a teacher by trade, she is excited to share what she has learned and grow together.