Lindy Hop and Swing Dance in Baltimore and Worldwide

Dorry Segev and Sommer Gentry dance and teach 1940s Smooth Style Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag, and Balboa. They love fast, upbeat music and fancy footwork. They have been dancing together all millenium and have competed and performed all over the world for audiences of thousands. They met dancing, and on October 18th, 2003, they were married in Ventura, CA. In 2006 they placed for the fourth time in the American Championships (watch the video!) and in 2002, while living abroad, they won the 2002 UK Championships.

In addition to teaching all over the world, they teach online for free (a new move every week)! They also sell 8 teaching videos which include Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate shag, and Tricks&Aerials.

Dorry & Sommer have started a new project at www.charmcityswing.com to introduce non-dancers to what we all do and love! The website tries to demystify swing dancing, and there is also a free online beginner lesson to get your non-dancer friends started. Come on out to the new Monday Night dance venue at Austin Grill in Canton (Baltimore waterfront), which was just named Baltimore's Best Reason to Go Out on a Monday Night by Baltimore Magazine's Best of Baltimore 2005!

When they're not dancing, Dorry and Sommer do research together. You can read about them in TIME magazine (September 12, 2005 issue, "Innovators") or Reader's Digest (March 2006).

Also, Dorry does some really awesome dance and street photography, some of which has been published.

Honors include:

2007 New Years Dancin' Eve, Advanced Lindy Hop Jack and Jill, 1st place
2007 New Years Dancin' Eve, Open Strictly Lindy Hop, 1st place
2007 New Years Dancin' Eve, Stricly Pro-Am, 1st place
2007 Swingin' New England, Advanced Lindy Hop Jack and Jill, 2nd place
2007 Wicked Lindy Weekend, Open Strictly Lindy Hop, 3rd place
2006 American Lindy Hop Championships, American Showcase, 5th place
2006 Virginia State Open, Overall Showcase, 2nd place
2006 Virginia State Open, Advanced Lindy Jack and Jill, 2nd place
2006 Virginia State Open, Invitational West Coast/Lindy Jack and Jill, 2nd place
2006 Northeast Lindy Hop Championships, American Showcase Regionals, 1st place
2006 Boston Tea Party, Advanced Lindy Jack and Jill, 3rd place
2005 Boston Tea Party, Open Strictly Lindy Hop, 3rd place
2004 American Lindy Hop Championships, American Showcase, 5th place
2004 Virginia State Open, American Showcase Midatlantic Regionals, 1st place
2004 Swing Fling, Professional Lindy Hop, 1st place
2004 Northeast Lindy Hop Championships, Advanced Jack and Jill, 2nd place
2004 Sidewalk Arts Festival, Be A Star Performance Competition, 1st place
2004 Atlantic Dance Jam, Open Showcase, 2nd place
2004 Boston Tea Party, Open Strictly Lindy Hop, 1st place
2003 Swingin' New England, Advanced Lindy Hop Jack and Jill, 1st place
2003 American Lindy Hop Championships, American Showcase, 5th place
2003 Virginia State Open, American Showcase Midatlantic Regionals, 1st place
2003 New York Lindy Hop Open, Fast Dance, 2nd place
2003 New York Lindy Hop Open, Advanced Jack and Jill, 2nd place
2003 Swing Fling, Advanced Strictly Lindy Hop, 1st place
2003 Boston Tea Party, Advanced Jack and Jill Lindy Hop, 2nd place
2003 Boston Tea Party, Advanced Lindy Hop, 3rd place
2002 UK Open Lindy Hop Championships, Showcase, 1st place
2002 UK Swingjam, Showcase, 2nd place
2002 Easterns Dance Challenge, Open Swing, 1st place
2002 New Years Dance Extravaganza, Classic Lindy Hop, 3rd place
2001 American Lindy Hop Championships, American Showcase, 5th place
2001 Virginia State Open, Open Showcase Hollywood Swing, 2nd place
2001 Virginia State Open, Open Classic Hollywood Swing, 3rd place
2001 North Atlantic Dance Championships, Just Dance Lindy Hop, 3rd place
2000 Swingin' New England, Advanced Strictly Lindy, 3rd place
2000 Virginia State Open, Amateur Showcase Hollywood Swing, 1st place
2000 Virginia State Open, Amateur Classic Hollywood Swing, 1st place
2000 Supershag Duel of the Dancers, Overall, 1st place
2000 American Lindy Hop Championships, Open Showcase, 5th place
2000 Monsters of Swing, Open Jack and Jill, 1st place
2000 North Atlantic Dance Championships, Strictly Lindy, 2nd place
1999 Midwest Swingfest, Just Dance, 1st place
1999 Swingin' New England, Advanced Strictly Lindy, 2nd place
1999 Swingin' New England, Advanced Jack and Jill, 3rd place