We've invited two of the top blues instructors in the world to help you explore blues movement, partner connection, the roots of blues dancing, and what blues dancing is really about.
Damon Stone (San Francisco, CA) — Damon has been dancing his entire life. Starting with vernacular jazz/blues he went on to Hip-Hop, and eventually studied over a dozen different dance styles until coming full circle focusing primarily on the history and styles of swing and blues, in 1995.
He's one of the very few instructors who both learned his blues dancing the old-fashioned way — from his family — and yet is known for his research into the history of the dance. He has taught dance extensively on both coasts and studied the development of vernacular jazz/blues dance regionally and nationally, traveling to New York, Chicago, Memphis, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, St. Louis, and New Orleans. He has been interviewed as a jazz dance historian in documentary and for radio.
Damon has been a featured instructor at numerous major blues dance events, as well as swing camps and jazz festivals and workshops and camps across the U.S. and Canada. He is a member of the California Historical Jazz Dance Foundation, and a member of the Northern California Lindy Society.
Heidi Fite (San Francisco, CA) — Heidi has been a featured instructor at numerous workshops all over the US. Heidi Fite (Founder/Instructor) Biography Heidi began dancing and teaching in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1999 and has been dancing, teaching, and performing ever since. She now lives in San Francisco, California, where she teaches classes, workshops, and private lessons.
Heidi's expertise includes Lindy Hop and Blues dance and she enjoys helping students of all ages and ability levels improve their dancing. Admired for her clear explanation of fundamentals, Heidi brings to all her classes and workshops not only a focus on solid techniques, but more important, a love of dance and a dedication to the learning process.
While living in St. Louis, Heidi began to focus on Blues dance, playing a pivotal role in the resurgence of local and national interest through teaching Blues workshops and helping to organize major Blues dance events.