Solo Jazz Steps for Swing Dancing (New Class)

About the tutor

Evita Arce

Evita Arce is an internationally renowned Lindy Hop dancer and teacher who began Swing dancing in Austin, Texas in 1998. She then spent 2 years teaching in Los Angeles, California at 'The Dance Doctor' and u201c3rd Street Dance'. After moving to New York City in 2004 Evita joined the faculty of 'Dance Manhattan' teaching, performing and choreographing until 2015. Starting in 2005 Evita also began traveling around the world teaching at dance festivals, adding up to 37 far-reaching weekends per year. In 2015 Evita started her own online teaching website with dance partner Michael Jagger to sustain their global reach. Some of Evita's career highlights include competing on u201cSo You Think You Can Danceu201d (2007), choreographing and performing in u201cLet Freedom Swingu201d with Jazz at Lincoln Center at the Kennedy Center (2009), performing in u201cSWING!u201d the Broadway musical (2008-2009) and being a featured figure in the Swing documentary u201cAlive and Kickingu201d on Netflix (2016). Evita co-founded and directed Syncopated City, a Lindy Hop dance company, which was invited to present at the historic Jacobu2019s Pillow Inside/Out Stage (2012-2013). Evita has also danced for Caleb Teicher & Company since 2017, having performed in several acclaimed productions. Most recently, Evita is part of the creative team for 'SW!NG OUT ', a full length Lindy Hop show produced by The Joyce Theater in NYC September 2021 which still tours the United States. Over the course of the pandemic Evita continued to teach Lindy Hop, Charleston and solo Jazz dance online at www.syncopatedcity.com