Our incredible MC will be like last year Zack Richard.
His presence and charisma will light all our Parties, Competition and Cabaret.

Thomas and his photo & video label „Colibri Entertainment“ are about great event documentations and people photography. He is always trying to capture all the little moments that make an event special. As a lover of swing music and as a dancer this is especially true for the BOTP event and the positive spirit surrounding it.

He shares that positive spirit, is curious about people and loves to connect, which shows on his results, too. After 2010 and 2011 we are happy to have him back – and he’s happy, too.

Marcus who normaly teach with Barbl Kauffer will be alone this year.

Bärbl and Marcus are from Munich Germany and are now dancing together since 1991. They both started with ballroom dancing in 1984 before they lost their hearts to Boogie Woogie and Swing. Marcus was also deeply involved in building up the Boogie Woogie in the German Rock\’n\’Roll- and Boogie-Woogie-Federation in his function as a sports manager. For 13 years Marcus and Bärbl also have been part of the organization committee of the famous Boogie-Bären Witsun camp. Traveling and teaching all over the World they brought Boogie Woogie and Swing in many corners of the globe.

Marcus and Bärbl have a lot of experience in competing and teaching all around the World. They studied and worked a lot with the old swing masters and featured movie dancers from the West Coast and East Coast. They worked with Frankie Manning (Hellzapoppin), Gil Bradey (Don\’t Knock The Rock), Jean Veloz (Swing Fever, Groovie Movie), Freda Angela (Rock Around The Clock, Don\’t Knock The Rock), John and Anne Mills (our Balboa mother), Willie Desatoff (Master of Balboa), Hal Takier (Twice Blessed), Bob Hefner (Into Swing), and Lee Laitz (who worked a lot with Dean Collins). Their performing and teaching skills comprise Boogie Woogie, Hollywood Style Lindy Hop, Savoy Style Lindy Hop, 30's and 50's Jazz, Shim Sham, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Balboa, Jitterbug Stroll, Big Apple, Swing Rueda. A specialty of Marcus and Bärbl is their ability of improvisation and music interpretation.

With an excellent synthesis of Boogie Woogie, Lindy Hop and Hollywood Style they formed their own style with their own outstanding character. This unique character made them so popular and let them win so many competitions. Their performances and classes are full of energy and fun. Join them and you will see.
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Susana and Gontran come from Toulouse, providing a very musical and creative style.

Gontran is well know in international competitions is very focused on connection and musicality, trying to adapt his dancing and his leading to what he hears to interpret the music. Gontran has taught in Sweden, England, Spain and France, and he had the privilege to teach with Kelly Arsenault, Marie Nahnfeldt Mattsson, Kate Hedin, and Sylvia Sykes.

Gontran and Susana have taught privates and workshops in different places in Europe, such as Portugal, UK, Spain, Sweden and France. They are appreciated for the passion they deliver to their classes, and focus mainly on lead & follow as well as musicality and creativity. They have been competing internationally often with other partners, and recently together were placed second in the BOTP Open Balboa open classics competition.

They love to see their students improve technically, while at the same time enjoying themselves by pushing them interpreting the music. Their big goal is being more and more part of spreading the love of swinging around the globe.