Paul and Natasha

Come on you strollers and Boppers, you got to loosen up and do what these guys are doing.

What these guys are doing is almost there own style but is based on what people have been doing for years if you know what I mean.

Paul and Natasha have a routine but are loose and freestyle. They are enjoying what they are doing and performing for themselves and everyone else around them. You got to admit they look good. And they smile.

I have never been a dancer because I am so self conscious and I am scared to look silly but that doesn't mean that I cant spot some great dancers or dancing out there.

I suggest that anyone out there who is like me and a little shy should visit Paul and Natasha's site and see what they are up to. they have inspired me to throw away my inhibitions and to move with the groove .

Natasha began teaching Lindy Hop about 6 years ago after being approached to teach while she was out dancing. She then moved on to teach for the London Swing Dance Society at the 100 Club. Soon after she joined the Sugar Foot Stompers performing at numerous private events and parties. She has appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , on the South Bank, in the show IGNITE and with Rawhead Theatre Co at The Place. Other credits include dancing in the soap opera London Bridge for LWT and Waking the Dead as well the films B Monkey, The Blond Bombshell, and The War Bride. Recently she was featured in a documentary about Glen Miller and another about Swing dancing. Since partnering Paul Natasha has discovered a love for Shag and Balboa as well as Lindy Hop, and has taught workshops for The Lindy Circle and The London Swing Dance Society, The Edinburgh Swing Dance Society and Jump'n'Jive.

Paul began dancing about 5 years ago but has already made his mark on the London Swing Scene coming first in the UK Lindy Hop Championships in 2001 and runner up in 2002. Partnering Natasha he also won the recent Daddy 'O' s Competition run by Robert and Clare Austin. He performs regularly, including dancing in the show Journey Through Jazz at Sadlers Wells, IGNITE at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, At The Hop at the Royal Festival Hall and with Rawhead Theatre Company at The Place. He toured regularly with the Sugar Foot Stompers performing at events around the country. He was also chosen to take part in choreographing a funded project fusing Lindy Hop and Street Jazz. Paul's other credits include dancing in the film The War Bride and on television in Take A Girl Like You, Back Home, Secret History, a BBC documentary about Glen Miller and one about swing dancing, and most recently Waking the Dead.

As well as Lindy Hop Paul has a passion for Shag and Balboa and has taught for The London Swing Dance Society, Jump 'n' Jive, The Edinburgh swing Dance Society and The Lindy Circle.