Patricio Espinoza Garcés
VerifiedHe/Him ·Ambi-Dancer ·Santiago, Chile
Lindy Hop
Balboa
Collegiate Shag
St. Louis Shag
Solo Jazz
Other
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Patricio is a versatile swing dancer and instructor from Chile; Who knows how to lead and follow every main jazz/swing dances: Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, St. Louis Shag, Rock’n Roll/Boogie Woogie, Balboa/Bal-Swing, and even Rockabilly Jive. His main focus as a teacher is to develop social dancers with excellent technique; respecting the original dancers, moves, and figures, to transmit the aesthetic of each dance while also being creative in the use of the content.
As a child, Patricio was passionate about all kind of music, e.g. funk, jazz, soul, r&b, drum & bass, house, disco, and more. Which led him to learn information about how to dance each kind. Started dancing in 2011 with African Dance and Dancehall; and in 2024 discovered Lindy Hop and fell in love with it; in 2016 he researched the other swing/jazz styles, and bought VHS/DVD’s lessons from Marcus & Bärbl, and learned Boogie Woogie.
His passion led him to start his dance school “Groove That Swing”, which has been active since 2018, where he offers all of the swing dances through the week, and growing a scene of dancers as versatiles as him.
At the same time he started traveling to many different events, bringing the new styles to Chile and adding them into their school’s repertoire. In the competition field he has obtained achievements internationally in a few years, like: 1° in Advanced Collegiate Shag Strictly (HRH 2026); 1° in Open Strictly Lindy (ILHC World Finals 2023), 1° Boogie Woogie M&M 2025 (México and Norway), 1° in Adv Rhythm & Blues (Montréal), and more than 30 medals/trophies.
By not having a regular dance partner, he has developed skills on both Lead/Follow dancing, becoming very good in competing with no-regular-partner but also teaching on both roles by himself.
Having knowledge of African-American Vernacular Jazz Dance wider than just jazz-swing era dances (Street Dances like Locking, Waacking, Old Way Vogue) is a big plus to the understanding of quality of movement, musicality, technique and the art of improvisation.
As a child, Patricio was passionate about all kind of music, e.g. funk, jazz, soul, r&b, drum & bass, house, disco, and more. Which led him to learn information about how to dance each kind. Started dancing in 2011 with African Dance and Dancehall; and in 2024 discovered Lindy Hop and fell in love with it; in 2016 he researched the other swing/jazz styles, and bought VHS/DVD’s lessons from Marcus & Bärbl, and learned Boogie Woogie.
His passion led him to start his dance school “Groove That Swing”, which has been active since 2018, where he offers all of the swing dances through the week, and growing a scene of dancers as versatiles as him.
At the same time he started traveling to many different events, bringing the new styles to Chile and adding them into their school’s repertoire. In the competition field he has obtained achievements internationally in a few years, like: 1° in Advanced Collegiate Shag Strictly (HRH 2026); 1° in Open Strictly Lindy (ILHC World Finals 2023), 1° Boogie Woogie M&M 2025 (México and Norway), 1° in Adv Rhythm & Blues (Montréal), and more than 30 medals/trophies.
By not having a regular dance partner, he has developed skills on both Lead/Follow dancing, becoming very good in competing with no-regular-partner but also teaching on both roles by himself.
Having knowledge of African-American Vernacular Jazz Dance wider than just jazz-swing era dances (Street Dances like Locking, Waacking, Old Way Vogue) is a big plus to the understanding of quality of movement, musicality, technique and the art of improvisation.
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