Soochans dancing career began with street dance in 1991 before transitioning to swing dance in 2002. He began his career as an instructor in 2004, and is well-known in Koreas many dance communities as one of the forerunners of the swing dance scene. In 2005, he became a professional swing dancer, devoting all of his time and energy to honing his skills and promoting dance in Korea and abroad.? Since becoming a professional dancer, he has given countless lessons and made substantial contributions to the growth and development of swing dance.
Since 2008 he has been invited to dance and teach around the world, in many different cities and countries across 5 continents. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he has also competed in and won many different national and internationally recognized competitions starting in 2009 with the Korea Swing Festival. He went on to win first place in the Korean Lindy Hop Championships during that same year. In 2014, he blew crowds away by winning the Hellzapoppin Competition organized to celebrate Frankie Mannings centennial. In 2014 he added another first to his list by being the first Korean dance teacher at Herrang Dance Camp, an internationally renowned swing dance camp.
In 2017, he established the Triple Crown Swing Dance Academy to bring swing dance to a wider audience. The academy is located in Seoul, Korea. At present, he is actively engaged as a dancer, instructor, and judge, both nationally and internationally, and working to promote swing dance both domestically and internationally.
He has led 'Happy Feet', a swing dance performing team, since 2020. In addition to hosting a variety of performances and events, 'Happy Feet' has won several dance competitions both at home and abroad.
Young started dancing with jazz dance in 2000 and began swing dancing through "Crazy Swing" in 2005. Since then, she has studied various fields to improve her skills as a swing dancer, and has been active as a swing dancer and instructor since 2007, performing and teaching at various events in Korea's representative swing dance community. She teaches Lindy Hop as well as Charleston, Balboa, Blues, Solo Jazz, and Shag, hoping to provide more swing dancers with the opportunity to experience different styles and grow.
After seeing the performance of the Swedish group "The Harlem Hot Shot" in Korea in 2006, Young has participated in various events and competitions, both big and small. Since 2008, she has gained various experiences at international events such as Herrang Dance Camp, ULHS, Camp Hollywood, ESDC, Lindy Focus, Camp Jitterbug, Frankie 100, GWSO, Sea Jam, and California Balboa Classic. Based on these experiences, she has planned many swing dance events and performances.
Since the PSSF competition in 2009, she has won various awards in several categories at domestic and international competitions such as KLHC, ILHC, and NJC. Since 2015, she has been active as a professional swing dancer both domestically and internationally.
Since 2006, Young has gained experience as a dancer in various performance teams. Since 2011, she has participated in the choreography and planning of all performances of "night and day" and presented an independent theatrical swing dance performance in 2014. In 2020, she founded a new performance team called "Happy Feet" and has been focusing on online content planning and production to expand the reach of swing dance and present performances that reflect the times. Moreover, since 2023, "Feels So Good" has been a solo jazz performance team, aiming to show a dance that combines authentic jazz dance with a modern and popular feeling.
Young is striving to deeply understand the history, culture, and fashion of swing dance to share the joy of swing dance with more people. Currently, she is actively engaged as a dancer, instructor, judge, choreographer, director, and planner in various domestic and international communities, events, broadcasts, and other projects.
All workshops will be at an intermediate and above level. You will need to be confident with your Lindy Hop Basics to get the most from these workshops.
Intermediate Lindy hop
Location: Balmain Town Hall
10.30 - 11.30am Workshop 1
11.40 - 12.40pm Workshop 2
LUNCH BREAK
1.40 - 2.40pm Workshop 3
2.50 - 3.50pm Workshop 4
Balmain Town Hall
370 Darling St, Balmain NSW 2041
Intermediate and above Lindy hop
Location: Sydney Park Pavilion
10.30 - 11.30am Workshop 1
11.40 - 12.40pm Workshop 2
LUNCH BREAK
1.40 - 2.40pm Workshop 3
2.50 - 3.50pm Workshop 4
Sydney Park Pavilion
Located in Sydney Park
Euston Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015
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