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Ali Taghavi
Dancer / Teacher / CEO
How did you start dancing?
While I was working as a chemist in Paris and one of my…
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Kris Blindert
Dancer / Teacher / Heidelberg Boss
How did you start dancing?
A colleague from work brought a bunch of friends along to a…
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Annegret Beck
Customer service / Workshops / Admin
How did you discover Lindy Hop?
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire are the ones to blame. Hooked on …
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Katja Uckermann
CasuallyFancy / Co-Founder
Katja has been too busy designing and making amazing clothing to fill out this form. see for yourself
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Caro Kloß
Dancer / Teacher / Social Butterfly
How did you discover Lindy Hop?
A friend I knew from Ballroom-Dancing told me…