He dances Swing since 2001 and teaches Balboa in Barcelona since 2005 and internationally since 2011. Despite having won many European competitions and have participated in several Balboa World Championship finals, he continues believing that social dancing is the reason beyond all; that "nothing  makes sense unless you feel passion for what you do". Teach and dance makes him happy.

Eila since childhood has spent hours listening to music and dancing, Swing and Blues in particular, make her happy and passionate her. She loves to try new disciplines, have tasted hip hop, belly dance, contemporary and contact, as well as the Lindy Hop and Blues. She is in love with the creativity, improvisation, connection and dialogue offered by these dances. She likes to learn and to know how the body movement itself works and in relation to others.

Emi Garrote and Pep Espìgol started dancing Lindy Hop back in 1999. They received dancing education in Barcelona and different workshops in Europe. For more than seven years the were teachers at the Balliball School (Barcelona) and participated in the organization of the Barswingona International Event.

Co-founders of the Jazz Cats troupe from Barcelona, they danced and coreographed with it from its start until its dissolution. During its five years of activity, they performed in important scenarios like l'Auditori, the Palau de la Música, and the Cap Roig Jazz Festival. They also shared stage with musicians and dancers like: La Locomotora Negra, Swing Set, La Vella Dixieland, Barcelona Jazz Orchestra, Ignasi Terraza, Guillem Alonso (tap dance), Laia Molins (tap dance) and Roser Font (tap dance), among others.

Since 2003 they teach at european level: Sweden (Herräng Dance Camp 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), Swingin' Spring in Gothemburg 2007,  Russia (Moscow Xmas Camp 2009, 2010, 2011), Goodnight Sweetheart Londres (2005, 2011), Workshop “SäntisHop" Switzerland (2014, 2016), judges in the European Swing Dance Championchips 2011, 2012, France (París, Lille, Toulouse, Montpellier, Grenoble, Aspet), Switzerland (Bern), Italy (Swing Crash Festival, Como 2010), Grenoble Swing Festival 2006, Summer Camp Studio Hop (2008, 2016), Leapin’ Lindy in Bern (Switzerland) 2006,  Festival Jazz Terrassa (2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2010), Andorra (Swing in Andorrain’), Catalonia (Sitges Swing, Lloret), Spain (Madrid, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Castelló),  Swim Out Costa Brava 2014, 2015, ZaraSwing Festival in Zaragoza 2017, 2016 y 2015, etc.

They have performed in the Gamper Trophy in Camp Nou (2012), in Gala FAO Tv1 "Mira quien Baila" 2005, in Barcelona Dance Festival Barcelona 2009, in Barcelona International Jazz Festival 2008, in TV3 Show “La Sonora” 2012. They have also held performances in the Palau de la Música with La Locomotora Negra, in the 47 VOLL-DAMM FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ DE BARCELONA 2015, and in the Auditori de Barcelona with La Locomotora Negra ”XIII CONCERT PER AL TXAD 2016".

In 2007 they founded their own school "Escola de Swing Pep & Emi", in which they created a team to evolve arstitically and pedagogically until 2012. They also created their Lindy Hop exhibition troupe: the Swing Beats.

From 2008 to 2012 they were organizers and hosts of the Lindy Hop festival: the "Sinera Swing Festival" in Arenys de Mar (Barcelona).

Currently, they are still Lindy Hop teachers in regular courses, and in national and international workshops.

In their classes they strengthen the relationship of the dancers with the music and with their dance partner, with a main goal: having as much fun as the original dancers of Savoy Ballroom!

When they dance, they always have in mind the great legends that inspire them every day: Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Dawn Hampton, as well as the big interpreters of swing, like Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington.

www.pepiemi.com

Giulio entered the world of Swing by chance in 2011. Since he discovered it, he hasn't been able to stop dancing. His favorite dances are Lindy Hop and Charleston, although he has also taken classes in Balboa. His style is energetic and explosive.

From the age of four Jana has been passionated about all kinds of dances. She studied dance at the Conservatory of Prague (Czech Republic) and since then she has continued expanding its training in dance worldwide: United States, Britain, Cyprus, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Hungary and Spain, among others. It has been part of different companies: Zig-Zag Tap & Swing Dance CRASH, Clac & Roll, les Divinas, among others.

She is currently international teacher, choreographer and swing dancer (lindy hop, charleston, blues and tap). She also works as a choreographer and stage director at the Palau de la Música and the Taller de Musics. She also teaches other dances, such as street dance, jazz and contemporary dance.

Arrived from the Canary Islands in 2013 and settled in Barcelona since then, Jason trained in urban dance for 7 years; including Hip Hop, Old School and Dancehall. The Swing entered his life when he saw how some dancers were having fun at a jam on Bogatell beach. The energy and groove of this music captivated him and from that moment he began to train in Lindy Hop and Jazz Steps. He is currently part of the Swing Maniacs company, "The Stompers".

At summer of 2012 he discovered the Lindy Hop at Barceloneta outdoors swing dances and on September of that year he signed to Swing Maniacs to learn to dance it. In a year he also began to dance Charlestone and since then he has not stopped dancing and attending swing festivals and workshops both nationally and internationally to learn more and enjoy dancing.

Marcos discovered the dance some years ago and from then on the grew infatuaded with it. From the start he learned from the best national and international teachers, although he has also trained on his own to develop his own style.

He loves dancing Charleston, Lindy Hop and Balboa, and so you can see him dancing in all kind of events. But we can also add that he's a very happy person. You'll always see him with a smile and dancing with everyone. All this is evident in his dance and in the way he teaches his students, and that spreads to those closest to him. For him the dance is a way to communicate, to express himself and keep his body as active as he can, but with lots of fun!

Roser family explains that when she was a year old she already liked to dance at the kitchen following the rhythm of the dishwasher. At 3 years old she started gymnastics, and from then she has never stopped practicing different disciplines of dance and circus. When she was a child she saw the film Swing Kids and say for herself that someday she would dance like those dancers.

At 2011 she met the lindy hop and from then she has not stopped dancing. It has become her passion together with the charleston and the air steps. She teaches lindy from 2014 and she has participated at some dance companies.

Since the age of three, when she tried her first Ballet class, Marina has not stopped venturing more and more into the world of dance, learning hip-hop, funky, classical dance and contemporary dance. She studied for a few years at the RCPD Mariemma in Madrid and she is currently studying Dance Pedagogy at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. She has taught modern and contemporary dance to people of all ages and from different disciplines. With contemporary dance she has discovered a world of expression that she carries with her and that she shares with everyone who enjoys movement!

The dance, the joy and the enjoy it are part of her way of being. At 5/6 years old she too ballet lessons, but lasted just ... she wanted to watch "the clowns of the TV" (which is noticeable when teaching). She danced Ballroom Dances, Country, Traditional ... until she discovered in 2004 the Lindy Hop at the Lindy Jazz Cava of Terrassa by  the hand of Balliball, current BALLASWING, where she began as a teacher and since then she has not stopped teaching Lindy Hop, Rock & roll, Balboa ... She has gone to international and local festivals. Also she has been part of the organization of festivals such BeachiSwing,  All Balboa Bcn and the barSWINGona. She believes that "If you like music and you already walk, you can dance ... And if you also enjoy it, what else do you want!!! "

Marta has been in a stage from the three years old. She has received lessons of diferent kinds of dances as traditional dances, classical ballet, tap, Latino dances, etc. She has been in a traditional catalan dances company of Gracia.The dance has been, is and will always be her great passion. At 2007 she discovered the world of Lindy Hop and since then she is a true lover of this discipline and its music. She is always ready to dance, if you meet her outside of the work, for sure she will be ready to dance.

In love with dance, music and good vibes, Mer discovers the Lindy Hop in a summer course
and, from the first day, the social dance becomes a fundamental part of her life in all
its sides: couple, solo or group. That same course, she begins her learning in Swing
Maniacs and shortly after the Blues and the world of international festivals will come into her life,
then the Jazz Steps and the Stompers and later the Balboa. Getting excited and learning every day
something new is her philosophy of life.

Miguel had always liked to play sports and practice outdoor activities such as hiking and skating. It was just skating in mid-2012 at the Cubs in Barceloneta where he met the Lindy Hop and got fascinated by the happiness reflected into the faces of the people dancing. Months later he joined a course at Swing Maniacs, and little later he also received classes of Blues. With the Blues, both the music and the dancing, he realized he had found the passion and feeling that maybe he missed at Lindy Hop and since then he can not stop dancing blues! He has received classes with the best national and international teachers, attended many festivals and danced tango for a year, to improve the technic applied to dance. Since 2015 he combines teaching with the organization with the BCNswing of the Barcelona Lindy Exchange and the Cocoa Blues Exchange. Favorite musicians: Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker. International dancers: Fabien & Lisa Adamo & Vicco, Dexter Santos ...

She discovered the world of Swing by chance, when she was walking one rainy day through Ciutadella park, in Barcelona. She was captivated by the music and the dance and decided to take up Lindy Hop classes in 2007, after which she moved on to Charleston and finally Balboa, taking classes in Barcelona as well in international workshops. Going to all the dancings and events in Barcelona she could, she has been dancing almost everyday since then; for her a day without dancing and without having tryed and learned something new is like a wasted day.

Nil Mujal finished the superior grade of Jazz Music in Barcelona in 2014. His first contact with the Lindy Hop was in a show at the Palau de la Música, where he participated as a saxophonist. There he met Jana Grulichová who introduced him to the dance world.

The world of Rock and Roll brought Olga to Lindy Hop in 2008; she was fascinated by the both rhythm and the atmosphere. Her natural talents have enabled her pick up many jazz styles quickly such as Rock, Lindy Hop, Charleston and now Balboa. 
Let her captivate you with her vitality and great passion for teaching!

Emi Garrote and Pep Espìgol started dancing Lindy Hop back in 1999. They received dancing education in Barcelona and different workshops in Europe. For more than seven years the were teachers at the Balliball School (Barcelona) and participated in the organization of the Barswingona International Event.

Co-founders of the Jazz Cats troupe from Barcelona, they danced and coreographed with it from its start until its dissolution. During its five years of activity, they performed in important scenarios like l'Auditori, the Palau de la Música, and the Cap Roig Jazz Festival. They also shared stage with musicians and dancers like: La Locomotora Negra, Swing Set, La Vella Dixieland, Barcelona Jazz Orchestra, Ignasi Terraza, Guillem Alonso (tap dance), Laia Molins (tap dance) and Roser Font (tap dance), among others.

Since 2003 they teach at european level: Sweden (Herräng Dance Camp 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), Swingin' Spring in Gothemburg 2007,  Russia (Moscow Xmas Camp 2009, 2010, 2011), Goodnight Sweetheart Londres (2005, 2011), Workshop “SäntisHop" Switzerland (2014, 2016), judges in the European Swing Dance Championchips 2011, 2012, France (París, Lille, Toulouse, Montpellier, Grenoble, Aspet), Switzerland (Bern), Italy (Swing Crash Festival, Como 2010), Grenoble Swing Festival 2006, Summer Camp Studio Hop (2008, 2016), Leapin’ Lindy in Bern (Switzerland) 2006,  Festival Jazz Terrassa (2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2010), Andorra (Swing in Andorrain’), Catalonia (Sitges Swing, Lloret), Spain (Madrid, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Castelló),  Swim Out Costa Brava 2014, 2015, ZaraSwing Festival in Zaragoza 2017, 2016 y 2015, etc.

They have performed in the Gamper Trophy in Camp Nou (2012), in Gala FAO Tv1 "Mira quien Baila" 2005, in Barcelona Dance Festival Barcelona 2009, in Barcelona International Jazz Festival 2008, in TV3 Show “La Sonora” 2012. They have also held performances in the Palau de la Música with La Locomotora Negra, in the 47 VOLL-DAMM FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ DE BARCELONA 2015, and in the Auditori de Barcelona with La Locomotora Negra ”XIII CONCERT PER AL TXAD 2016".

In 2007 they founded their own school "Escola de Swing Pep & Emi", in which they created a team to evolve arstitically and pedagogically until 2012. They also created their Lindy Hop exhibition troupe: the Swing Beats.

From 2008 to 2012 they were organizers and hosts of the Lindy Hop festival: the "Sinera Swing Festival" in Arenys de Mar (Barcelona).

Currently, they are still Lindy Hop teachers in regular courses, and in national and international workshops.

In their classes they strengthen the relationship of the dancers with the music and with their dance partner, with a main goal: having as much fun as the original dancers of Savoy Ballroom!

When they dance, they always have in mind the great legends that inspire them every day: Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Dawn Hampton, as well as the big interpreters of swing, like Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington.

www.pepiemi.com

Roser family explains that when she was a year old she already liked to dance at the kitchen following the rhythm of the dishwasher. At 3 years old she started gymnastics, and from then she has never stopped practicing different disciplines of dance and circus. When she was a child she saw the film Swing Kids and say for herself that someday she would dance like those dancers.

At 2011 she met the lindy hop and from then she has not stopped dancing. It has become her passion together with the charleston and the air steps. She teaches lindy from 2014 and she has participated at some dance companies.