Judges

Kenneth & Helena Norbelie

Main Judge

Teaching
Kenneth and Helena are known for integrating classic Lindy Hop into the ever-changing trends in social dancing. Their classes emphasize connection, technique and musicality, they have a long experience of teaching and choreographing routines for competition and performance couples as well as teams.Kenneth & Helena were asked to start teaching in Swedish Swing Society 1990 and already the summer of 1991 they taught for the first time at SSS' summercamp in Herräng, just outside Norrtälje. They returned to Herräng 1992-2000, 2003 and 2004. 1997 they were invited by Erin Stevens to teach at her camp Swing Camp Catalina outside Los Angeles. This led to more engagements in the US for example; Seattle, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Detroit, San Fransisco, Minneapolis and Washington, and in Europe for instance; Belgium, France Norway, Germany, England and Switzerland.

Competition
From 1989 to 1991 they went from the lowest to the highest competing level in Sweden and participated for the first time in 1991 at the Swedish National Championship. Between 1991 and 1996 they placed 5:th twice, 3:rd place once , 2:nd place twice and 1:st place once. 1995 the first World Lindy Hop Championship took place in Oslo, where they won the 3:rd prize. In 1996 the WC was held in Munich, where they came 2:ND, and finally in 1997 the WC took place in Stockholm, and this time they won the first prize! Before the Championship in Stockholm Helena and Kenneth had decided that if they won they were going to quit competing, and so they did!