Laura Keat |
Jeremy Otth |
Kelly Arsenault |
Nick Williams |
Jennifer Lee |
Matt Mitchell |
Shannon Butler |
Jeron Tuell |
Tabitha Robinson |
Joe Robinson |
Amanda Pincock |
Zach Lockett-Streiff |
Grace Durant |
Scott Angelius |
![]() Grace was first introduced to swing dancing in 2009 when she instantly fell in love. She has been dancing, competing, and teaching ever since. As a competitor, she has placed and won in regional, national, and international contests across Lindy Hop, Shag, and Balboa.
Grace loves seeing people grow as they learn this dance. As an instructor, she enjoys empowering her students. Focusing on connection, Grace teaches techniques that help dancers be versatile and creative. Enabling them to dance with anyone and feel freedom to express themselves. |
![]() Scott started dancing in 1998 in what became a mecca of swing dance, Austin, TX. He helped build the community by teaching, running a successful dance company, and organizing events. Now in Knoxville, TN, he regularly teaches and mentors dancers.
Scott is passionate about teaching and working with dedicated, focused dancers of all levels. In class, he teaches what he loves: exploring and building on the fundamentals, partnership, listening, and self-expression. Scott has won numerous Lindy Hop competitions and was a member of the renowned team Lindy Hoppers’ Dozen. He also helps organize dance events. He is an organizer of the International Lindy Hop Championships and the Competition Manager at many of the largest dance competitions in the country. He has also developed a competition scoring management system, RP-Scoring, which is utilized by most large Lindy Hop events in the country. Previously, he founded and ran the Lone Star Championships from 2008 to 2013 and was an event director of Lindyfest from 2014 to 2020. |
Ruth Evelyn (She/They)

Dancing is Ruth’s happy place and passion. As an instructor in Blues, Balboa, Slow Balboa, Swing, and Solo Jazz, Ruth has taught all over the world - in 20 countries and counting. Ruth values connection and community. Her teaching reflects that, with classes ranging from silly and fun to intense and detailed. Students rave about Ruth’s ability to change their lives on and off the dance floor by dramatically deepening their body awareness.
In addition to loving teaching social dance as both a leader and as a follower, Ruth uses her degrees in dance and music to choreograph, perform, and work with people on their performance skills. Ruth has performed choreography at Lindy Focus, at ILHC, in the Opera House in Valencia, at Blue Note in Beijing, and beyond. Ruth also has multiple certifications in Franklin Method, an increasingly popular body somatics method, and coaching qualifications that inform her teaching. Ruth teaches with many different partners, and loves working with new instructors on their teaching.
She has a long-standing love affair with close-embrace connection, has sneakily swung out in the Louvre, and is curating a fine collection of fishtail variations.
When not dancing, Ruth reads, creates fancy cocktails, and cuddles with their cats.
In addition to loving teaching social dance as both a leader and as a follower, Ruth uses her degrees in dance and music to choreograph, perform, and work with people on their performance skills. Ruth has performed choreography at Lindy Focus, at ILHC, in the Opera House in Valencia, at Blue Note in Beijing, and beyond. Ruth also has multiple certifications in Franklin Method, an increasingly popular body somatics method, and coaching qualifications that inform her teaching. Ruth teaches with many different partners, and loves working with new instructors on their teaching.
She has a long-standing love affair with close-embrace connection, has sneakily swung out in the Louvre, and is curating a fine collection of fishtail variations.
When not dancing, Ruth reads, creates fancy cocktails, and cuddles with their cats.