Campbell and Chris

Campbell Miller

When Campbell dances with a partner, it is a complete experience: physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. She is grounded with a diverse technical background, but her dancing is unpretentious; she follows to make each dance the best it can be for her partner. She is known for melting into her leader's connection and making leaders more aware of their own movement by mirroring even the most subtle detail.

Campbell loves living in Austin, where she teaches social dance courses celebrated to be the most popular on the UT campus. Her approach fosters an appreciation for fusion by drawing connections between the varied styles she has studied--some of her favorites being lyrical, waltz, lindy hop, and tap. While her warmth and patience create an inviting atmosphere for all levels of students, she carefully challenges them to realize their full potential.

Chris Mayer

Chris was drawn into Blues by the freedom and expression that sets this dance apart, and he's never looked back. As an addict since 2006, Chris has been slowly developing a style all his own, taking the parts he loves from other dances and molding them into the blues "aesthetic": the footwork and the precision of argentine tango, the energy and exuberence of lindy, the smoothness and sly attitude of west coast swing, the rhythm and motion of latin, and moves and tricks that could only come from the depths of his bizarre mind. Call it... Macro-Blango-Hop.... Yeah.

Though through all of this, it's musicality at the core of his dancing. You'll often see Chris on the side of the floor, too tired to stand, but still dancing with his hands and feet (or fingers and toes if its *really* late). Between this focus on rhythm and a strong sense of partnering, he keeps people on their toes.

Tim O'Neill

Tim O'Neill started dancing in 1997 and couldn't stop. An active Lindy Hopper, he was a regular at the old Memories and Satin Ballroom until he was swept away to college in Santa Barbara. There he spent two years teaching ballroom at an Arthur Murray before quitting and studying Argentine Tango with Brian and Fay. Once back in LA, Tim Joined the Hollywood Hornets, three time National Jitterbug Champions, where he performed and competed with the team for three years. During that time Tim began learning Blues at house parties and exchanges. Now an avid student of the Blues, he seeks to grow the community through teaching as many people as he possibly can. He currently runs the Blues Kitchen in Los Angeles and travels all over the country to teach, train, and compete. Wherever he is, he would love to have a dance with you.

Tim teaches workshops nationally because he loves sharing the sense of joy and community that the Blues scene has given him. He is also constantly travelling to national dance events and workshops in an effort to bring more Blues back to LA. Just in 2009 he danced, trained, or taught in Austin, Chicago, Claremont, Dallas, Denver, Humboldt, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, Oahu, Pasadena, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Los Obispo, Seattle, and Sherman Oaks. Tim would love to come to your city and have a dance.