BUDDY INFORMATION


Buddy Schwimmer is an award-winning West Coast Swing dancer, choreographer and inventor of the Nightclub Two Step. He has also been known as "The King of Swing", and "The Man with a Thousand Moves". He was a performer on the 1977 television variety show Dance Fever with Lynn Vogen, as well as the 1992 show "Big Band Ballroom Bash". He choreographed and danced in the 1973 classic movie, “American Graffiti.” Buddy is famous for inventing a new American partner dance, which he called "Nightclub Two Step." He developed this dance in 1965 while practicing dance with his sister and searching for a way to dance to popular slow ballads. Schwimmer founded his own swing competition, organizes the World Swing Dance Championship in Las Vegas, now being held in San Bernardino, California. He works as a dance teacher, coach, and choreographer here and abroad. He had a dance studio in Costa Mesa for 22 years, and worked out of Moreno Valley for 10 years, teaching on the road. In the mid 1990s, he opened the "5-6-7-8 Dance Studio" in Redlands, California which he now resides. The studio has recently been remodeled, and offers a variety of dance classes for both beginners and the more advanced dancer. Buddy’s son, Benji Schwimmer (sometimes called the "Prince of Swing", after his father) received the United States Champion title for West Coast Swing, and became the winner on the 2006 televised competition "So You Think You Can Dance" Buddy also has a daughter, Lacey Schwimmer, who has won national dance championships and was a top-4 finalist in season 3, 2007 of "So You Think You Can Dance." As a professional dancer Lacey joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars in session 7, 2008. Buddy also taught Jared Murillo who won national titles with Lacey Schwimmer. Murillo was trained in the west coast swing by Buddy Schwimmer.

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