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Jaana Kunitz, born in Taivalkoski, Finland in 1972, is a professional dance instructor based in San Diego, California. [1] She is married to her dance partner, James Kunitz, and has since retired from competing in ballroom dance competitions to focus on coaching, video production, and dance-fitness programs.
Core Rhythms is a Latin-dance-based fitness program, that has been featured on infomercials and QVC, and included endorsements from Mary Murphy of So You Think You Can Dance and Len Goodman & Tony Dovolani of Dancing with the Stars. The program is led in-person at the Champion Ballroom Academy, in San Diego, California. [8]
Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that have survived beyond that era include Charleston , Balboa , Lindy Hop , and Collegiate Shag .
She is an inductee into the National Swing Dance Hall of Fame [4] and the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. [5] She is a U.S. Open champion, [6] was the NASDE top point winner, [7] two time California Balboa Champion, took third place in the National Carolina Shag Dance Championships, and won many Strictly Swing [8] and Jack and Jill dance contests through the U.S. in Lindy Hop, [9] balboa ...
Skippy Blair (March 15, 1924 – June 30, 2021) [1] [2] was an American ballroom dancer credited with popularizing "West Coast Swing." [3] Blair was a member of a group that successfully lobbied the State Legislature in 1988 to have West Coast Swing designated as the official State Dance of California.
The Champion Ballroom Academy (founded April 1990) is a dance studio in San Diego, California. Its main specialties are social partner-dancing, competitive ballroom dance (aka. Dancesport) and the Latin-dance-based aerobic program Core Rhythms. [1]
Known as the "King of Swing", Schwimmer was inducted into the California Swing Hall of Fame [3] and World Swing Dance Council Hall of Fame. [4] On July 31, 2006, Schwimmer's 5-6-7-8 Dance Studio suffered a major fire while Schwimmer was in Los Angeles watching his son, Benji, compete on the program So You Think You Can Dance. The studio resumed ...
Jitterbug is a generalized term used to describe swing dancing. [1] It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance [2] [3] but might include elements of the jive, east coast swing, collegiate shag, charleston, balboa and other swing dances. [4] Swing dancing originated in the African-American communities of New York City in the early 20th ...