She is the creator of LuckyLindysNYC undergarments for dancers and yoga enthusiasts which has become a hit with many in the swing dance community. She travels outside of New York City to support the lindy, blues and balboa communities in other states. She loves to galvanize her Harlem Lindy Family and Swingout Group members to attend social dance through text and email. She is an avid supporter of swing dancing by sponsoring students in different swing communities. She competes in various competitions always happy to note that she has won 3rd place at Lincoln Center’s MidSummer Night Swing and 2nd Alhambra Ballroom Jazz Vespers competition with her then 15 year old dance partner Brandon Barker laughingly “stating age is nothing but a number”. She dances socially throughout New York City.
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She prides herself as being an older and plus size Lindy Hopper in her blog which encourages swing dancing free from stigma. She has taught introductory level lindy hop to adults at the Marcus Garvey Center in Harlem as well as to her middle/high school students attending her after school program From Lindy Hop to Hip Hop. She was honored to host the Frankie Manning 105/Norma Miller Dance Tribute in May of 2019. She is co-founder of SwingWithUsNYC which organizes dance events in NYC, specifically in Harlem. Her interest in Lindy Hop grew out her watching the elders dance while attending outdoor community dance events in Harlem and attending MidSummer Night Swing as a teenager. Her Lindy hop training began under the tutelage of Samuel Coleman in Harlem back in 2013. Julia Loving for the past 27 years has been a Teacher of Africana History and School Media Specialist in the New York City public schools. Tena has also started and supported many Youth Programs thu out the US.
Her dedication to preserving the roots of Lindy Hop has lead her to create the very popular Swing Dance Museum which showcases artifacts from the swing era. She served as the Artistic director and choreographer of the Lindy Hop troupe The Houston Hepcats for many years.Ī nationally renowned swing dance teacher and judge, Tena has hosted the international "Hellzapoppin" dance contest at the World Famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem in conjunction with the Harlem Jazz Dance Festival and has served as a main judge for Camp Jitterbug, US Open, American Lindy Hop Championships, National Hand Dance Association and the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown.
She is currently co-producer of the International Lindy Hop Championships, Lindyfest, the Houston Jazz Dance Festival and International Swing Dance Championships. In the past she has also produced Atlanta's Swing and Soul Weekend and the Frankie Manning 95th Birthday celebration. It does not store any personal data.Tena Morales-Armstrong is a dedicated promoter and producer of several national dance events. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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