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Catrine is an amazing dancer and instructor. I've watched her for years. Catrine can take any level of dancer and help them go to the next level. She can dissect a movement and walk through it explaining the position of feet, legs, and arms such that we can understand where we need to be at the appropriate beat in a dance routine. Catrine helped me hear the beat! Dawn Stiles (student)
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With her vast swing dance knowledge and experience, I can always count on Catrine to teach a great class. I really admire her dance style and the natural, effortless way she moves--always authentic and true to the original classic style of Lindy Hop. Add to this her fun and zany attitude and you get a wonderful experience which is not only informative and educational, but fun and entertaining as well. Ken Watanabe (Organizer & Teacher)
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Actions speak louder than words and I have been taking classes with Catrine at Cat's Corner for over two years and try to arrange my schedule to miss as few classes as possible. I like the setting -- a Mission street jazz club with old posters and movie clips of swing dancing on the TV's and good bands and dancing after the classes -- but most important for me has been the instruction that I have received. The classes are small. You get individual tips and help but you not only learn "the moves" you learn to make them look good... Peter Radcliff (Philosophy Professor and Lindy Hopper)
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Tap and Jazz

TapPrivate Tap and Jazz Lessons and Parties!

Catrine is available to teach private tap and jazz lessons for individuals, couples and small groups. Read more about how you can make your party a fun event by having Cat come and teach at your party or wedding at the Event Page. Scheduling is flexible and rates are reasonable.

Tap Background

Cat started tap dancing around 7 years of age. She has been performing and teaching tap all around the world. Some of the teachers over the years have been, from Sweden, Barbara Navrot, Sven Lycke and Esther Persson. She has also studied with teachers from the USA like Chazz Young and performed with celebrities like Fayard and Harold Nicholas or shall we say “The Nicholas Brothers” which was there stage name.

Learn the most popular Jazz routines from the late 1800 and early 1900s

The Charleston is a dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States of America by a 1923 tune called The Charleston. For more information…

The Shim Sham Shimmy, Shim Sham or just Sham originally is a particular tap dance routine. It is credited to Leonard Reed, who originally called it Goofus, or to Willie Bryant. For swing dancers, today it is kind of line dance that recalls the roots of swing. For more information…

The Big Apple is both a partner dance and a circle dance that originated in the Afro-American community of the United States in the beginning of the 20th century. For more information…

The Tranky Doo is a Lindy Hop Jazz choreography. It first appeared at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem during the 1940s. For more information…

Cakewalk is a traditional African American form of music and dance which originated among slaves in the Southern United States. The form was originally known as the chalk line walk. The dance takes its name from competitions held on plantations prior to Emancipation, in which prizes, sometimes cake, were given for the best dancers. For more information…

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