Rolf Hegrand discovered West Coast Swing online in late 2015. Since taking his first West Coast Swing class in 2016, Rolf quickly rose up the ranks. He has been teaching the dance since 2017 while working full time in the Norwegian armed forces. Rolf is the only male WCS dancer from Norway to compete in the WSDC All-Star Division.

Karin holds a university dance degree, has been dancing all her life and teaching for more than 14 years. Choreographer and performer, she teaches WCS, Hip-Hop, stretching, pole dance and she was the Israeli salsa champion.

Karin started her WCS career in 2014 and from the first moment she fell in love. She is now competing both in All Star and Champion divisions and teaching in Israel, where she directs a West Coast Swing line of classes. She travels and teaches all around Europe.

Chuck Brown is a current Champion level competitor with over 20 years of experience. He is recognized as a top international instructor, Chief Judge, NASDE Circuit and US Open SDC judge, DJ, event promoter, dance business consultant, community builder and life coach. Chuck has won numerous national competitions and awards, including placing at the U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships several times and making the Champions Division J&J finals at various NASDE events.

Chuck is one of the most sought after instructors/coaches in WCS. His teaching methods have produced some of the fastest moving and successful dancers in WCS. He has taught in over thirty countries, including Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and many more. He is an incredibly passionate and tough technical teacher who cares deeply about his student’s dance goals as well as their friendship - it’s evident in his workshops and private lessons. He pours his heart into his job and many people around the world say that his passion, knowledge, spirit, and love for helping people is one of a kind.

Maria and Semion have been dance partners for about five years.

Semion has been dancing ever since he was eight. He started with ballroom dancing first, then got into social dancing, and finally into West Coast Swing. He is known for his musicality and great connection with his partners.

Maria has been dancing since 2007. In 2008 she fell in love with social partner dances. She started learning hustle/discofox and salsa. She had been dancing hustle and discofox for 4 years, working on her solo choreography as well when West Coast Swing came in to her dancing life. After that she couldn't stop dancing WCS. She enjoys the versatility of the dance, bringing new emotions, options for musicality and styling to every dance.

Semion and Maria were the first Russians to ever get to US Open Classic finals in both 2016 and 2017. In 2018 they reached an incredible 2nd place at The Open.

Their partnership emphasizes technique, musicality and connection. They love the possibilities for communication and dialogue between partners during every dance, and seek to help their students discover this incredibly fun aspect of WCS. They share a philosophy that care and attention are the best things partners can give to each other during any dance.

Deborah Székely "say kay" started dancing when she was three years old. Formally trained in ballet, tap, and jazz since the age of 3 and teaching since the age of 15 at Horizons Dance Centre. In 1995 she was introduced to WCS. In 1996 She began Competing the swing circuit with Steve Neeren. After a year of much success she was approached by then 3x US Open Swing Dance Champion Robert Cordoba. In 1997 Deborah and Robert became partners for 15 years. In that 15 year span they together accumulated four more US Open Titles. Two in Showcase and 2 in Sophisticated and a US Open Jack and Jill win for Deborah. They won NASDE 4 years straight from 1997-2000. Deborah was also voted favorite female dancer in 1997. in 2011 Deborah Decided to pursue her West Coast Swing without a partner and is the top female traveling on her own teaching to this day.

Deborah has 8 Grand National Titles. She is a Dallas Dance and California Swing Dance Hall of Famer. She was White Hatted In Calgary in June 2014. In November of 2014 she was Inducted into the National Living Legends of Dance. She also competed at The 2018 Open with PJ Turner in the Classic Division

Deborah Continues to travel the world spreading her love and knowledge of Dance and West Coast Swing. Deborah also still competes In Jack and Jills and Strictly Swing in the Champions division and consistently places in the top 5. She continues to work on her craft to make her a better Dancer and Teacher.

Attila was a competitive ballroom dancer, he retired after he reached the top12 in latin competitions. He was teaching extensively in the last few years of his latin and standard carreer, however when his first child, Alexa was born, he quit dancing for a while.

He could never detach from dancing, he always wanted to come back to the dance scene. He found West Coast Swing as a vehicle for the return in 2013 and he quickly became addicted. He started competing in 2014 and reached the prestigeous AllStar division within 3 years. He's been teaching WCS in Hungary and in international group and private classes as well, the dance fills his everyday life.

After seeing the differences between ballroom dancing and swing dancing, West Coast Swing became his passion thanks to its unlimited options and freedom.

Eszter began dancing at the age of 7, training in jazz and in acrobatic rock and roll in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. She competed 6 years long nearly every weekend and started to teach already at the age of 17.

In 2009 she came across the first videos of West Coast Swing, and it was love at first sight.
In this dance she has found infinite possibilities to express herself and she is still amazed how one dance can vary with the next depending on the inspiration of the current partner, the music and the moment.

Eszter has been teaching WCS locally and internationally for the past 7 years and since then she travels around the world to share her passion and to learn even more about WCS. But most of all she is a social dancers staying on the dance floor all night long!