All the way from Berlin, we're thrilled to host Jo Hoffberg at SCT, October 3rd - 5th!
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Friday, Oct 3rd | Ballard Location
7:00pm - 9:30pm: Open Level Workshop
9pm - 12am: Swing Social
Saturday, Oct 4th | Fremont Location
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Interm/Adv Workshop
7pm - 8pm: Intermediate Lindy Hop Drop-in
8pm - 9pm: Authentic Jazz Drop-in
9pm - 12am: Live Band Social (Jack Swiggett Quartet)
with Solo Jazz Contest!
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Sunday, Oct 5th | Fremont Location
4:30pm - 6:00pm: Lindy Hop Practica
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One Day Pass: $75 / $60 team member
Full Pass Price: $185 public / $148 team member
Friday Social Price: $15 pre register / Free for team member
Saturday Drop-in Class: $20ea. public / $10ea. team member
Saturday Live Band Social: $20 public / Free team member
Practica Price: $15 / Free team members
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Full Pass Includes: Friday and Saturday Workshops, Friday and Saturday Social, Both Saturday Drop-in Classes, Sunday Practica.
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One Day Pass Includes: Friday or Saturday Workshop, Friday and Saturday Social.
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You must hold an active team membership in October to receive the discount for the full pass. Your account will be charged the difference, in the event you no longer hold an active membership in October - this includes paused memberships.
Location:
Fremont - 211 N 36th St, Seattle 98103
Ballard - 928 Leary Way NW. Seattle 98107
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JO HOFFBERG'S BIO
Jo Hoffberg is a force of nature. She is an international choreographer, a highly decorated competitor, a thoughtful mentor, a wearer of high-waist pants, and is best known for her teaching. She has taught Lindy Hop, Charleston, Vernacular Jazz, Aerials, Competition Prep, and Weekend Intensives both nationally and abroad since 2007. Her love and appreciation for various Black American art forms allows her to bring innovative versatility to the dance floor while simultaneously respecting the roots.
Her demand as an instructor, performer, and competitor has taken her to hundreds of festivals spanning 35 countries and five continents. After having spent many years prioritizing Lead & Follow, Jo now enjoys exploring improvisation, musicality, body awareness, and self-expression, which is apparent every time she steps on the dance floor (or posts videos of herself dancing in her living room). Incredibly passionate about teaching the solo side of partner dancing, Jo is super-freaking excited about helping students find their voice in this dance! Her motto: possibilities over perfection.
She has been honored for her contributions by being inducted into the 2012 Rising Star California Swing Dance Hall of Fame, 2014 Camp Hollywood Hall of Fame, and 2022 Shining Star California Swing Dance Hall. She holds countless titles from such prominent competitions as: The American Lindy Hop Championships, European Swing Dance Championships, International Lindy Hop Championships, National Jitterbug Championships, U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships, Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, and Lone Star Championships - to name a few. Lady Hoffberg has been interviewed for Swing Dancer Magazine, "The Track" podcast, cover of Swing Magasinet om Swingdans, and guest-starred in Yehoodi broadcast of ILHC.
As a community leader, she is shining the spotlight on the next generation by consistently competing in Pro/Ams at ILHC, mentoring the next generation of instructors, and supporting deeper structural changes in the community - check out her online dance school to see this in action!! She is continuing to invest in her personal dance education by regularly challenging herself in other genres of dance, and believes to be a good teacher you must also be a good student.