Steve and Heidi

Steve & Heidi are considered one of the best Balboa & Bal-Swing couples in the world. From London to Los Angeles they are sought after for Balboa & Bal-Swing classes, workshops and private lessons. With over 20 years of combined teaching experience, Steve & Heidi not only bring their knowledge of the way Balboa was originally done in the 30's & 40's but also have a true ability to break down moves and teach the steps to students in a fun and exciting way. They are also very well experienced teachers of Lindy Hop and have won Balboa, Bal-swing and Lindy Hop competitions.

Over many years Steve studied one on one on a steady and regular basis with the greats: Maxie Dorf, Ann Mills, Bart Bartolo, Hal Takier, Willie Desatof and others. Heidi has also been fortunate to learn many moves one on one directly from the old-timers, including Hal Takier, Dean Raftery, Ann Mills and Natalie Esparza. Together they can bring to you what these amazing gems of swing have taught them. Steve has been dancing since 1996 and his voracious appetite for history aided in his emerging into a Big Band music and dance historian, helping him understand all the different styles of Swing and why they fit so well with evolving music rhythms of the time. Heidi comes to Swing with a trained knowledge of dance and body movement, which she acquired as a dance major as well as from a long history of studying and teaching ballet, tap and jazz spanning over several decades, and even spent several years in the circus performing on the web. Steve & Heidi both have a remarkable understanding of body movement and mechanics and can break down moves and provide dance technique in easily understandable ways. Together their love for the dance, and each other, has created a teaching style which combines education and humor, making the dance lessons easier to assimilate and ensuring fun, laughter and learning.

Steve & Heidi also bring to their classes and workshops well-rounded skills and abilities acquired and developed outside of swing. Heidi is a Deputy Attorney General for the California Department of Justice, practicing in civil defense litigation, aka, she's a trial lawyer. Steve is a full-time art student at the San Francisco Academy of Art University where his is working on his BFA in cinema/animation, previously he worked in toy design. Steve is also a Kung Fu San Soo Master, with over 18 years of experience