Trisha hails from Hertfordshire, UK, and has been teaching since 1997 and on the international scene since 2003. For 10 years she contributed to establishing the first European swing dance brand and the biggest of its time. Trisha has built up a reputation for being one of the most influential teachers within the European Swing Scene. 

She has spearheaded the revival of Authentic Jazz within the UK, working and training  with some of the freshest dancers and teachers around. It’s been said that her teaching style is innovative, dynamic and inspiring. Always engaging and fun, Trisha loves to make people laugh and feel relaxed in her classes. At the end of her classes students are filled with energy and excitement. Trisha ensures that class material is detailed and balanced for followers. The result is the dance looks as authentic as it can. Trisha’s ability to communicate complex concepts and patterns clearly means students find themselves easily understanding how movements and steps should look and feel.

Felix Berghäll is an internationally recognized dancer, choreographer, educator, and DJ, deeply rooted in Lindy Hop and African American Vernacular Jazz. Having danced since the age of 8, his passion for the rhythms and history of jazz has led to a dedicated career exploring, preserving, and sharing these expressive dance forms with the world.

As an artist and choreographer, Felix has created and participated in numerous stage productions at prestigious venues globally – from the Apollo Theater in New York and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to the Friends Arena in Stockholm. His background also includes competing at an elite level as part of the Swedish national team in Boogie Woogie and Lindy Hop. He has produced his own works such as "Swingin' at the Savoy Show" and "Rhythm Korea Show" in Seoul, toured with live bands, and is a sought-after performer and instructor at over 60 festivals and events worldwide. His work is characterized by a strong connection to the origins and cultural context of the music and dance.

Alongside his stage work, Felix is a dedicated educator and coach, including serving as Co-Head Coach for the Swedish National Lindy Hop team and lecturing on jazz history and culture. His engagement also extends to organizational work; he co-founded the non-profit organization Collective Voices For Change (CVFC) and has held several key coordinating and administrative roles at Herräng Dance Camp, the world's largest Lindy Hop camp.

Felix Berghäll is a dynamic and versatile force in the jazz dance world, constantly working to develop both his own artistry and the community around him through performance, education, production, and social engagement.

Dr. Marie N'diaye (PhD) is a Jazz Dance choreographer, performer and educator as well as a dance researcher. She specialises in Jazz Dance (African American Jazz), including the partnered form (Lindy Hop), focusing on the legacy of Harlem dancers from the Savoy Ballroom as well as the chorus line tradition from night clubs and theatres (such as the Apollo Theater, the Cotton Club,  Connie's Inn...) and has applied her scientific method and dance education to conduct an embodied practice-based research of Jazz dance through the study of archival films, and collaborations with elders and other established dancers.

Marie is the founder of the non-profit organisation "Collective Voices for Change" aiming to promote cultural appreciation and respect of African American Jazz Dances. She is also a board member of the "Black Lindy Hoppers Fund", whose mission is to support and promote Black dancers and artists in their practice, performance, and transmission of Jazz Dances especially Lindy Hop.

She completed her Masters in Anthropology of Dance & Ethnochoreology in 2023, as part of the international ERASMUS program: "Choreomundus" involved with the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).

... offers a trip back in time in the frenzied atmosphere of the jazz clubs of the 30s. From Paris to Harlem, from Django Reinhardt to Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong through, Hot Swing Sextet organized for you, a trip „tailored“ towards „Swing“. 

Get on board with these six young musicians full of energy. „Swing“, „Swaying“ and good humor are on the menu of this great Journey through the „Middle-Jazz“.

The Hot Swing Sextet will play on Friday and Saturday Party!

“Hi XmaSwing! This year will be the tenth time that I’ll be doing some kind of deejaying at this event, which makes me doubly excited about seeing you all on the dancefloor again. For those of you who don’t know me: I’m really looking forward to meeting you. For those of you who do know me: while 204 BPM still isn’t all that much, 128 BPM is just as great.”

Here you've got someone whose love for groovy rhythms and catchy tunes runs so deep that he cannot stop sifting through jazz discographies. Who knows, maybe there's another gem by Johnny Hodges, waiting to be discovered. Or what if Illinois Jacquet outdid his best studio solos in an obscure live performance? Or maybe someone published a new remaster of a Roy Eldridge number. And of course, a DJ's musical preferences change with time, as do those of a social dancer. In that regard, DJ Ozwaldo's goal is to stay true to himself: to play that good swing that gets him moving. Blaring big bands, subtle small groups; breakneck tempi followed by playful, slower standards; a ride through the regional and historic jazz styles that once paved the way for tonight’s dancefloor. And while he currently favors those older, more vintage recordings, he never quite shies away from sprinkling in the modern artists either.