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Astrid Akay

Artistry is in Astrid’s blood! Growing up with a love of dance, music and theatre, Astrid studied 4 years of theatre studies at the Royal Conservatoire de Liège, before travelling internationally with various theatre projects. One such project, based on a poem by Hatian author René Depestre, introduced Astrid to African American blues and working songs, piquing her interest in jazz music and history. It was this newfound love for jazz that led her to discover Lindy Hop and other authentic jazz dances.

Today Astrid is part of the Brussels performance group the Jazz Maniacs. Her central interest in jazz dance is the old-school style of Lindy Hop, and the freedom of improvisation in jazz - which for her is also influenced by her professional background as an actor and theatre director. As a teacher, Astrid is passionate about sharing this love for music, improvisation and jazz history with others.

Carole Martins

Carole has been passionate about dance and swing music from her young age, a natural attraction that quickly pushes her to take the road to Boogie Woogie competitions in France and Europe. It was only in 2014 that she discovered Lindy Hop in search of novelty and inspiration.
Her favorite thing: " The social Dance", to connect, share, follow, build in pairs, give, learn from each other, exchange and enjoy this music that she adores.
Very quickly, this interest in couple dance also allowed her to realize the importance and the positive impact of solo danse. A unique opportunity to enrich your dance with a better freedom of interpretation, a new vocabulary and a connection to the origins of this dance: the Jazz Steps and more particularly to have fun with simple or complex rhythms. In 2016, Carole began to teach, taken by the desire to share her passion while continuing to train as a dancer and as a teacher. Carole is an organic and passionate dancer who won't leave you indifferent and might even inspire you by watching her dance.

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Elena Cancilla

Elena est née en Sicile, et le théâtre a été son premier amour.
Alors qu’elle était convaincue de ne pas savoir danser, elle s’est inscrite en 2011, un an après son arrivée à Bruxelles, au cours de Lindy Hop chez Apollo Swing.
Elle est devenue « accro » à la danse et, après quelques mois seulement, elle participait aux différents stages internationaux de Lindy hop, solo jazz, charleston et blues.
Elena reconnait qu’il y a toujours de nouvelles choses à apprendre dans le swing : son histoire et sa culture sont une réalité qu’elle appréhende en observatrice attentive.
Au travers des cours, Elena veut partager sa passion et permettre à tout un chacun d’acquérir une confiance et de la joie à travers la danse.
Jazz, swing et blues expriment des valeurs auxquelles elle adhère, telles que l’authenticité, la liberté, et l’esprit communautaire.
Comme Elena l’explique, le théâtre est le lieu qui lui a permis de se trouver elle-même, et Bruxelles est la ville dans laquelle elle peut voyager à travers les différentes cultures, et s’en inspirer. « Le jazz est comme un voyage sans fin, parti de mes oreilles, s’infiltrant dans mon corps, jusqu’à toucher mon âme ».

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Ezra Weill

Ezra Weill hailing from Seattle Washington is a circus artist to pay the bills and a dancer to feed the soul. He believes that everyone is a dancer and that we all just need a little help finding that funky groove we have hidden inside. Community, authenticity and freedom are among some of the values of back American culture, jazz, swing and blues and Ezra places them at the heart of his classes.

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Jérôme De Paepe

Jérôme a commencé à danser avec Apollo Swing en 2012 et est totalement intoxiqué depuis. Il aime le cinéma, les bonnes bières, les loutres et bien sûr le swing.

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Morgane Borra

Venue en premier lieu du monde du Rock ‘n’Roll, grâce à son père qui était chanteur du groupe belge Blues-Rockabilly Band, The Wild Ones, Morgane a passé toutes ces années à écouter du Gospel, du Swing, du Blues, du Rhythm’n’blues, de la Country, Rockabilly et Rock’n’roll. Elle s’est trouvé une affinité de vieille âme, toujours attirée et fascinée par les choses du passé. C’est plus spécifiquement son amour pour la culture Afro-Américaine qui l’a amenée au Lindy Hop. C’est grâce au clip du groupe de Lindy Hop Whitey qui dansait dans le film de 1941 « Hellzapoppin » que le déclic s’est fait. Morgane s’est promis dès lors qu’un jour elle danserait le Lindy Hop.

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Sander Costermans

Ever since Sander was a teenager, he has been drawn to jazz and the style of the swing era. He started dancing because he just couldn’t sit still when listening to music. A member of the Jazz Maniacs and the Old Soulz performance crews in Brussels, Sander has had the opportunity to perform and teach at events around the country and even abroad. As a dancer, he tries to recreate an authentic, old-school style, but with his own unique character added to the mix; while as a teacher, Sander hopes to enable his students to dance comfortably with anyone they happen to meet, and to enjoy themselves when they go out dancing.

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