Swing Crush 2025 Instructor and Judging Staff

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 Benji Schwimmer is a 14-Time undefeated Modern World Swing Champion. He also holds multiple national and world titles in the genres of solo, partner and group dance divisions. He is the only dancer in the world to have world titles in all. Benji received global recognition upon being crowned the season 2 winner of "So You Think You Can Dance" (SYTYCD)!

As a world renown choreographer and performer, Benji's work can be seen on American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, X-Factor, America’s Got Talent and World of Dance.

Also, he most recently choreographed the routine for the winners of the 2023 Rising Star division at The Open!

 Together they are unique in that they competed and have been successful on three separate circuits: Country, Ballroom, and West Coast Swing. They are 3 Time US Open Classic Swing Champions, World Professional Smooth Finalists, UCWDC Classic Masters World Champions, Showcase Swing Champions, and U.S. Open Swing Cabaret and Team Champions.  

Ben McHenry started WCS at age 11 and at the age of 16 competed and placed in the Champions division. In 2017 he was inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. Through teaching and social dancing Ben continues to bring joy into the WCS community across the world!

Cameo McHenry started dancing before she could even walk. A great WCS dancer, Cameo is also known for her ability to exhibit her classical ballet training in her dances. She was also inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame, and is the current US Open Classic Swing Champion (with Ben Morris)! 

Bameo travel all over the world for WCS events and will be joining us for the first time at Swing Crush 2025!

 Hugo Miguez & Stacy Kay are award winning dancers based out of Florida. They have been dancing professionally for over 10 years in many different styles, best known for West Coast Swing. They teach, perform, judge, and choreograph internationally. 

Chantelle began her study of the human body and movement through dance at a very early age. A professional Ballerina that also fell in love with WCS, she now competes in the WSDC Champion's division!

Joel started with Ballroom, but found his way into the world of WCS where he now competes in the Champion's division. 

Together they create and teach, both bringing in their unique expertise that contrasts and compliments each other's movement in dance.

Mia, a Champion Level WCS Dancer, got her start young in musical theatre after discovering a love of performance during her time as a competitive cheerleader. She has trained in acting and vocal performance, as well as a variety of solo dance styles including jazz, tap, ballet, and contemporary. Lately she has expanded her studies and teaching to include functional movement and gait analysis through the methodology of Anatomy in Motion, which she uses to give dance students better access to the possible movement within their own bodies 

Belarusian native Maria Bileychik, now based in DFW, danced and competed in the ballroom circuit for 20 years until she found West Coast Swing in 2014. Blending her different dance styles, she enjoys how WCS, and dance in general, allows her to express and improvise. Since 2015, she has taught WCS in the U.S. and abroad. Her teaching focus is connection skills,footwork variations, body flight, technique for blues music, follower’s styling and her favorite: artistic expression and finding inner freedom through dance. Maria is also a certified judge.

Benjamin Clemons, an All-Star Level Dancer, is currently based out of Austin, TX! He originally started teaching in Oklahoma City in 2010 with aspirations to grow the community! Benjamin, a 3 time AANCE Award Winner, has judged and competed all over the US. 

Sebastian began ballroom dancing at 8 years old with an extensive training in American Rhythm and American Smooth styles for over 15 years. He began Country & Swing dancing in 2014 and is a two-time Pro/Pro Open 1 World Champion as well as a two-time Line Dance RisingStar World Champion.

He is based out of Austin, TX and is currently a Masters level couples dancer and SuperStars level line dancer on the Country dance circuit; in addition to being an All-Stars level competitor on the West Coast Swing circuit.

Margie Tuttle is from Gaithersburg, Maryland, and grew up in the West Coast Swing world. She started out as a student of ballet, tap & jazz, and eventually, west coast swing. WCS became her passion and is now a full time instructor, DJ, competitor, judge and world traveler! As an all-star level dancer, she continues to compete at many events from the east to the west coast 

 Macie Sandlin started dancing when she was 3 years old and has been competing since age 7. She has been trained in many genres by professional dancers from all over the world - from ballet to tap, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop. Over the years she has travelled to LA for hip hop at Millennium and The Playground. In 2024 she started her WCS journey and is excited to bring Hip Hop to Swing Crush 2025!