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Louise is a delightful tango dancer and is one of the best known Lindy Hoppers in the world. A popular and regular instructor at just about every major Lindy event throughout the 1990's. She has taught workshops in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and in North and South America, for a diverse selection of people including: The Rhythm Hot Shots, Disneyland, Swing Camp Catalina and the Tony award winning contemporary ballet company Adventures in Motion Pictures.
In the Argentine Tango, she has performed at London's Commonwealth Centre, in the pop video Argentina for Healy and Amos and with Daniel Trenner in the specially televised A Natural Ball and at Frankie Manning's 85th Birthday celebrations in San Francisco. In 1998 and 99 she worked as an assistant instructor on Puente al Tango's Journey to Buenos Aires, in 1996 she taught a tango workshop for 400 people at London's southbank festival, Ballroom Blitz, and has taught numerous workshops for corporate clients in the UK. Louise has taught workshops in Swango , the new and developing improvised melding of swing and tango, for the Rocky Mountain Dance Camp, Oakland Swing Dance Festival, Living Traditions, and Hop to the Beat. She continues to dance and teach Tango and Lindy Hop and has spent much of the last year teaching these richly historic social dances to high school students in the Boston area. © copyright Louise Thwaite 1999 |
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