About SWAY
A Dance Community for Everyone
Meet Our Fabulous Team
Sophia
Sophia is a native Chicagoan. Her love for dance started in third grade when she learned Salsa at her friend's birthday party. In high school she was a Varsity cheerleader at Gordon Tech where she helped choreograph routines. It wasn't until 2006 that she decided to try out other Latin and Ballroom dances. From that moment forward, she was hooked and performed in many show dance routines as well as assisted with choreography. Sophia has also successfully competed in formation competitions.
Sophia keeps her passion for dance alive at Sway Dance by performing and choreographing for our performance groups.
Kat
Kat began her journey with Latin and Ballroom dancing when she was just a middle-schooler looking for a way to pass some time after school. She immediately fell in love with countless aspects of the world of dance but none more so than the beauty of nonverbal communication. Despite her participation in various performance groups and singles formations throughout the years - her favorite part of learning and teaching dance will always be simply dancing with another person.
An extrovert to the core: if not at Sway, you can find Kat behind various bars throughout the city slinging drinks and exchanging laughs and stories with all sorts of humans. Dancing is one of the skills Kat is most proud to have, but her deepest passion is undoubtedly simply working with people.
Alejandro
Alejandro grew up dancing with his family. Merengue, Salsa, Boleros, Paso doble. He has been a member of Tierra Colombiana Folkloric Dance Company for over 15 years where he dances Cumbia, Mapale, Pasillo, Puya, San Juanero, Currulao, Bambucco and more. His favorite social dance is the Bachata.
When he's not dancing you'll find him spending time with his dogs, a Chihuahua Terrier and a French Mastiff. He spends his days working as a medical assistant.
Aynsley
Aynsley is a native Chicagoan who has been a performer and dancer since she was a little girl. She began her dancing career as the captain of her competitive dance team when she was in middle school and continued her love for dance throughout high school where she was on Lane Techβs Dance team and would leave school early to attend school-credited dance classes downtown. She was trained in ballet, jazz, and hip hop by instructors at Joffrey Ballet, Gallery 37, and After School Matters (ASM).
She has her B.S. degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminology, and will be attending a doctoral program in the Fall(2023) to obtain her degree in Occupational Therapy.
She believes that dance is not only something that is fun and a way to celebrate but can be very healing and is a beautiful form of self-expression. She also believes that anyone can dance, and once youβre a dancer you will always be a dancer.
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