Instructors
Jethro
Jethro is our school owner and is currently based in New Zealand. He works busily behind the scenes and is the one who answers your emails. He has run Swing Zing since 2015 and manages the Perth school remotely, as well as teaching Swing Zing classes in New Zealand.
He started dancing in 2007 and has been performing, teaching and competing ever since. Primarily teaching weekly in Perth he has also been invited to instruct at workshops throughout Australia and NZ. Dancing with Charlotte he has won/placed in numerous national and international competitions, including the Australian Jitterbug Championships and the International Lindy Hop Championships.
His background in circus arts resulted in a strong focus on air-steps and acrobatics which is still one of his specialities.
Charlotte
Charlotte is an all around swing dancer, teaching all levels of Lindy Hop, Balboa and Solo Jazz. With years of experience in swing dancing as a follow and as a lead, she is one of the few dancers who makes ‘switch dancing’ look effortless.
She started swing dancing in 2012 and hasn't looked back. Performing, competing, teaching, she wants it all. Her boundless energy and quirky humour make her classes a fun, raucous affair you won't want to miss. She has been invited to teach around Australia and has won or placed in many national and international competitions including the Australian Jitterbug Championships and the International Lindy Hop Championships.
Monique
Monique is one half of the dynamic duo that teach our Bayswater classes. But she has such a wide range of experience that you’ll ofen find her teaching balboa, blues or solo jazz classes too.
She started swing dancing in 2016 and absolutely immersed herself in the scene. Traveling to pretty every major Lindy Hop, Balboa or Blues dance workshops in Australia over the years
Danika
You can find Danika on Thursday nights teaching at Mount Hawthorn. She has years of experience with Swing Zing and not only does she teach follows, leads, lindy hop and balboa, but she also manages our performance team, Rhythm Riot.
She started dancing at five, with Irish dancing before moving to hip hop/funk. In 2013 she made the transition to swing dancing. For years she has been attending workshops with world renown instructors to bring that knowledge to students in her own classes.
Sea
Sea will be showing his face (and his moves) on Monday nights at our Subiaco Balboa classes. However he also has a lot of experience teaching Lindy Hop and will pop into other classes to teach too.
He started in 2016, had a few breaks but has now caught the bug. After putting in time and effort to study Lindy Hop, Blues, Solo Jazz, Kizomba, Rockabilly, Rock N Roll, Balboa still tops them all!
Andrew
This lovely human teaches at Lindy Hop classes in Bayswater.
He started dancing in 2019 and quickly joined our team with enthusiasm.
Mia
Mia teaches classes in Mount Hawthorn, and will often be the one greeting and signing everyone in when they arrive.
She started dancing 2017 while she was still at high school. Now shes at uni and is still dancing and teaching with us.
Darrell and Emily
Our lucky students at the Bateman/Bullcreek venue have the joy of learning from Em and Darrell.
They have each been dancing for over 10 years and have danced, taught, performed and competed at a huge range of events.
Em has amazing tap dance skills as well as being a musican in a big band, making her all kinds amazing when it comes to Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz.
Darrell has a background in gymnastics and coaching making him a fantastic teacher and able to keep everyone safe even when we’re teaching specialist acrobatics classes.