Staff
Thibault & Nicole
Thibault and Nicole have been together since the beginning of 2019, quickly building a strong partnership and establishing a name for themselves. Becoming the World Champions of 2019 with their winning Showcase routine, they immediately began traveling all over the world teaching, performing, judging, and competing.
They are the creators of Flash Choreo, a mini choreography intensive for dancers to challenge themselves and perform a routine in a short amount of time.
They have developed great rhythm teaching classes and intensives together, offering great technique in a relaxed and fun environment.
With over 20 years of knowledge in West Coast Swing and other partner and solo dances, their teaching style is very appreciated everywhere they go and benefits dancers of all styles. Their emotive, passionate spirits shine when they are on stage and while teaching. They love to motivate their students to excel and reach their maximum potential. Their personalities are very energetic and open to connecting with people, on and off the dance floor.
Glenn Ball
Glenn is a dancer, choreographer, and MC. His diverse work in performance and creative direction has led him to appear in campaigns for Taylor Swift, Kylie Minogue, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Lopez, and Mariah Carey, as well as brand collaborations with Nike, Monster Headphones, and Louis Vuitton.
Born in England and now based in Austin, TX, Glenn continues to dance his way across the world as a choreographer, teacher, MC, and top competitor in West Coast Swing and beyond. He is the first Englishman to win the US Open in the Showcase division and has placed in the top three for the last two years in the Classic division. Glenn loves spreading West Coast Swing around the world and, even though he now calls Austin home, he is proud to represent England in this great dance form.
Myles Munroe & Tessa Cunningham
Myles and Tessa are veteran top-ranked Showcase competitors based in Vancouver, Canada. Partnering since 2002, they are the 3rd most decorated couple and hold the record for the longest-running active routine partnership (18 years) in NASDE history. As performers, they are known for their ambitious, athletic lifts and diversified styles that are always rooted in Swing.
Myles is a 6-time UCWDC World Champion with an extensive background in all kinds of solo dance, Latin, Ballroom, Salsa, LindyHop, Theatre Arts, and martial arts.
Beyond cross-training in Hip Hop, Lindy Hop, and Commercial dance, Tessa has used her university degrees in Kinesiology and Education and National Coaching certification to empower her West Coast Swing teaching and teacher training.
With a combined teaching experience of over 60 years, Myles and Tessa are creators of the Swing Literacy method, a progressive skill development approach that helps students of any level learn dance skills deeper and produce faster progress, and trains teachers how to grow their students and communities stronger.
As innovators in the online space, they have been developing teachers and dancers through digital certification courses and live online coaching since 2009, and are honoured to be ambassadors of West Coast Swing as they travel to teach, judge, perform, and support communities worldwide.
Mejrem Halidovic
Choreo Trainer & DJn
Mejrem has been on the dance floor since she was 8 years old. At the age of 16, she decided to train as a Dance4Fans Video Clip Dancing instructor and achieved many German and European championship titles with her teams and solo dancers.
This was followed by the classic ADTV - general German dance teacher association - dance teacher training, which she completed with flying colors.
As additional training, she acquired knowledge of the dances Hip Hop, Salsa, and Zumba.
West Coast Swing sparked a new passion in her. Mejrem is fascinated by the possibilities this dance offers and combines her many years of experience with new ideas. In 2014, she completed her training as a Master WCS Instructor from Global PDIA by Michael Kiehm and the WCS Academy Düsseldorf. Mejrem teaches and impresses with her competence and her friendly, cheeky, and natural manner.
Sebastian Schwind
Drill Sergeant
Event Staff
Roland Hamm
Event Director