Humorous and dynamic, keen, full of heart and a touch of the anarchic, Pamela was spellbound by Lindy Hop energy and community at the age of sixteen when she started her first classes at Lindyhop.lt Club in Vilnius. Despite her young age Pamela has already brought herself to light constantly learning anything related to dancing, be it music, psychology or anatomy. In 2009, Pamela began working at Hoppers’ Dance Studio in her hometown of Vilnius, Lithuania. Today she dances and teaches with the top leaders in the international Lindy Hop scene. Having no constant partner has given Pamela space to bring a lot of variety to her dance – no wonder dancers call her one of the most exciting followers in recent years. As a dancer Pamela cherishes individuality and freedom. For her Lindy Hop is not as much about impeccable technique as it is about musicality and awareness. As a teacher she shares her values and encourages people to find their own way of dancing: “Learn to be ok with the way you are and how your body moves. It’s all about you.” Nietzsche once said “You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star”.

Tadas Vasiliauskas is one of the favorite social dancers in Vilnius. He is known for his unique dance style and great energy on the dance floor. Tadas is also really into music: there’s not a day when he does not play his trombone.

Tadas have been teaching Lindy Hop with Pamela Gaižutytė for few years and this couple is known to be passionate and inspiring teachers. They specialize in Lindy Hop, Charleston, Authentic Jazz. They are mainly focusing on dance technique and musicality, emphasizing natural ways and aesthetics of movement.

Simona Pogosian is a talented follower famous for her extraordinary choreographic skills. She started her dance journey when she was 4 years old. After trying different styles of dances she fell in love with Lindy Hop in 2004. Since then all of her time and energy have been dedicated to Swing dances including Balboa, Authentic jazz, Saint Louis Shag and of course Lindy Hop. Simona, together with her companions pioneered Lindy Hop in Vilnius. She regularly teaches there and abroad.

Simona is known for her exceptional choreographic ability that turns her jazz moves into an original dance story. Her power to easily follow the rhythm makes her a flawless follower in couple dances and also spotlights her solo dance artistry. Don’t miss the chance to ask her out for a dance! You will not regret!

Mindaugas is an international jazz dance instructor, performer, musician, teacher at “Lindyhop.lt” club and one of developers of a lindyhop scene in Lithuania.

His biggest passion in jazz culture is the music. Being a DJ and a dancer in 2008 he came up with an idea to expand jazz culture in Vilnius by starting a band, consisting only of dancers – “Rhythm Junkies” and in 2011 “Home Jazz Five” now known as “Home Jazz Band”. Inspired by dancing his bands have different jazz era’s sounds and specialises to play for dancers.

Mindaugas says, that the most important thing is to know jazz music from the inside. He is happily sharing this experience with his students. Together with the musicality, free movement expression, control and full dedication to the culture, Mindaugas classes are fun, full of joy and inspirational.

Miglė is Lindy Hop teacher from the heart of Lithuania – Kaunas. More than 10 years ago, she discovered this dance and since then, she is a passionate dancers, active participant of various events and competitions, as well as one of the main teachers and organizers in her town, sharing acquired experience with other Lindy hop lovers.

In classes, even while focusing on technique or footwork, she and her partner Vilmantas encourage students to express themselves, relax and enjoy the dance. Full of energy and enthusiasm, Miglė and Vilmantas always await chance to share their ideas, inspiration and joy for this dance with you!

Vilmantas is Lindy Hop teacher from the heart of Lithuania – Kaunas. More than 8 years ago, he discovered this dance and since then, he is a passionate dancers, active participant of various events and competitions, as well as one of the main teachers and organizers in his town, sharing acquired experience with other Lindy hop lovers.

In classes, even while focusing on technique or footwork, he and his partner Miglė encourage students to express themselves, relax and enjoy the dance. Full of energy and enthusiasm, Migle and Vilmantas always await chance to share their ideas, inspiration and joy for this dance with you!

Eglė Regelskis – a serious up-and-comer on the international scene – originally is from Vilnius, Lithuania now teaching and helping French swing scene in Bordeaux to emerge. Dancing was always in her blood. She first tried Ballroom and Folk dances, but it was when she found the family of Swing dances that she knew she had found what she was looking for! Eglė believes that dancing is something that helps people conquer their fears and truly connects them to who they really are. She likes to say: “The way we are is the way we dance, magic happens when we step out of our comfort zone thereby accepting ourselves with all our weaknesses and strengths”. And she can walk the walk, you just watch what happens as soon as she hears a good song, no matter if it is swing, salsa, funk, soul, hip-hop or house… Egle starts dancing, because she just loves good music! She also believes that if one can walk one can dance, everything else depends on passion and willingness to work.

Jonas classes go beyond patterns and technique, focusing on creativity, connection, and discovering what makes your dancing your own. Through playful experimentation, fresh ideas, and plenty of room for exploration, he invite dancers to develop confidence, individuality, and a style that feels natural and authentic.
Expect energy, inspiration, and a lot of joy both on and off the dance floor.

Elze Visnevskyte comes from Vilnius, Lithuania. She has been dancing a variety of dances since she was 6 years old – from old renaissance to traditional folk dances, until she discovered Lindy Hop or maybe it was Lindy Hop that found her. Later on she got into the world of Solo Jazz too.

Elze spent a lot of time acting in theater, so she takes a part of theater to her dancing and improvisation. She values creativity, authentic way of dancing, musicality and playfulness in a dance and spreads it to her students.

For her Lindy Hop is much more then only leading and following, it’s dancing to the music, connecting to your partner and in the meantime having a great time that’s important.

She is known for her contagious energy and loud laugh.

Artūras Kisielius – swing dancers from Vilnius, Lithuania, reularly teaching lindy hop classes at What A Jazz studio with and Elzė Višnevskytė. Dancing Lindy Hop since 2014, later he discovered and became passionate about Collegiate Shag. although all the while he has been dancing Lindy Hop intensively and also teaching it in the studio. In his dance and lessons, he emphasizes details and precision, which helps to diversify the dance with unexpected but leadable musical dance combinations.

Egle Nemickaite is a swing dancer from Vilnius, Lithuania where she is dancing, performing, teaching and inspiring the community at hoppers’ dance studio everyday. Dance followed Egle through all her life, but she found the real passion for Lindy Hop and later on for Collegiate Shag too.

Dance has always felt like a big liberation for Egle. Liberation from routines, thoughts, work, limits.  Dancing makes her feel true to herself, music and  partner. It gives her the power of total freedom and also a peace to the mind, body and heart. Her rich teaching experience is being increasingly appreciated at the international workshops as well. She shares her enormous passion towards a dance with great joy and commitment.

Thanks to his parents, Smiltys had been familiar with jazz music since the day he was born! At the age of just 4 years old, he started acting in theatre, several years later playing saxophone and dancing contemporary dance became his hobbies as well. After graduating, Smiltys found out about Swing dances and since then, there was no turning back! Many classes, various competitions and international festivals later, he discovered that dynamics between the thrill of the competitions and the chill of the social dancing, is what motivates him to dance. Known for his technique, variety of uncommon move combinations and attention to the connection, Smiltys tries to inspire and enrich his students with the history, musicality and small details that matters the most!

Edita Kriaučiunaitė found swing dancing right when she started university. She tried it and got hooked immediately. It quickly became a key focus of her life and she soon started to teach lindy hop classes and organize events for lindyhoppers in Kaunas. Now she runs her own dance studio All That Swing, inspiring dancers in the local and international scenes. She is also active on social media; you can follow her studio’s Instagram account for weekly dance ideas and inspiration.

Edita’s dancing reflects her kind and cheerful personality, as she concentrates on smooth movement, connection with her partner and playful technique. Swing dancing helps her forget everyday troubles and simply enjoy life. She wants her students to experience this happy world of swing dancing too. To do this, Edita gives entertaining, useful and inspiring classes, which enable her students to improve, express themselves and find the true joy of dancing!

Edas Matulaitis is a passionate and experienced swing dancer from Kaunas, where he runs his own dance studio All That Swing, teaching swing dance, DJing, organising events and building a growing community of local lindyhoppers.  In love with swing dancing, he enjoys every opportunity to dance and teach at swing events in Lithuania and abroad. In an event you’re likely to see him among the last dancers of the night, since he just can’t get enough of the swing!

His dancing is full of energy, clean technique and pleasant surprises. You can expect all this and more in his classes, where he usually aims to teach specific moves, rhythms and techniques, while encouraging students to build on them by adding their own ideas and style. In the classes, he also emphasizes improvement of social dancing skills by teaching proper and comfortable leading and following techniques. His main goal – that the students come out of the class as better dancers, excited to dance more and get inspired by the wonderful culture of swing!