mauihopper
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| Me | Seeking | |||||||||||
| Pro/Am Status | Professional |
 Professional Amateur |
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| Experience | 18 years | at least 0 years experience | ||||||||||
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| Dance Styles | East Coast Swing/Rock-n-Roll Lindy Hop West Coast Swing Argentine Tango Country/Western Hustle Salsa African Austrian Contra Square |
Lindy Hop Argentine Tango East Coast Swing/Rock-n-Roll Cajun/Zydeco West Coast Swing Country/Western Carolina Shag Hustle Hand Dancing Theatre Arts Modern Jive (Ceroc) Vintage Balboa/BalSwing Rave/Freestyle Salsa African Dances of Universal Peace Philippine Irish Polish Austrian English Country Israeli Polynesian/Hawaiian English Ritual (Morris) Italian Puerto Rican French Georgian Scandinavian German Latin/Flamenco Chinese Greek Mexican/Aztec Spanish Hungarian Middle Eastern Square Contra Indian Native American Indian Turkish |
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| Goals |
Social Competition Performance Training/Practice |
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| Like to Dance | 1 hrs/day, 5 days/week | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
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| Gender | Male | Female | ||||||||||
| Age | 60+ | 20 to 40 | ||||||||||
| Height (w/o shoes) | 5'8" (173 cm) | any | ||||||||||
| Weight | 161 lbs (73 kg) | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
| Hair Color | Salt & Pepper gray | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
| Eye Color | Hazel | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
| Body Type | Muscular/Athletic |
Slim/Slender Average Muscular/Athletic Stocky Large |
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| Ethnicity | Caucasian/White | any | ||||||||||
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| Relationship Status | Single | any | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Teacher/Professor | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
| Smoking | No |
No Occasionally Daily |
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| Drinking | Socially | any | ||||||||||
| Education | PhD Degree | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
| Income | ? | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Jewish | (unused at present) | ||||||||||
| Open to Dating | Yes | Must be open to dating | ||||||||||
| Language skill | Chinese German English |
French Italian Chinese German Japanese Turkish Dutch Greek Korean English Hebrew Spanish Ukrainian Finnish |
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| Credentials | 0 Request Credentials | |||||||||||
| Covid Vaccination | Fully Vaccinated 2 primary doses + 1 or more boosters | |||||||||||
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More About Me
My main dances for partnering are Lindy Hop, Salsa, and Tango. I have a dance background in Humphrey-Limon modern dance technique along with Graham and Cunningham. I live on Maui where there has been a surprising level of availability of dance for an island of 100,000 people. I've been able to study Lindy Hop with Richard Badu, Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Steven Mitchell, Erin Stevens, Marcus & Barbl; Salsa with Luis & Joby Vazquez, Rogelio Moreno; Tango with Susana Miller, Liz Haight, George Garcia, Fabian Salas, Joaquin Canay, and Murat and Michelle Erdemsel. Swing, Salsa, Tango --- they are all necessary. I am not fond of "ballroom" dancing as it was created top-down and has kitschy aesthetics. I like indigenous dances, especially Africal diaspora dances, created bottom-up by thousands of people experimenting over millions of person-hours in open dance communities of New York, Puerto Rico, Havana, Buenos Aires, and more. This is the way deeply archetypal dance forms are created.
I'm Looking For
I really miss having a regular Lindy Hop partner. There are only a handful of Lindy Hoppers on Maui. So, I'd love to see more, and even enough to restart the Maui Swing Dance Society. When I travel to the mainland, it would be very nice to have a network of dancers to go dancing with. I have had several Tango dance partners, but I would like one who is more available to practice. And it would be great to have a regular partner for performances.
Member for 21 years
Last Login 13 months ago
