Bethany Powell is a Maine native who spent her formative lindy-hop years in Portland, Oregon. She considers herself a bi-coastal dancer, and would like to nurture an end to the strife and violence between East Coast and West Coast. "As long as you're both swinging,...(she makes a circle with her thumb and forefinger to gesture that it's A-OK)." Bethany has had a good time traveling and teaching and competing for the past little while, especially wherever the music was hot. She admires dancing that embraces physical forces (gravity, momentum, inertia) instead of fights them, and she emphasizes this approach, simultaneously laid-back and powerful, in her classes.

This will be Bethany's Camp Jitterbug teaching debut and we couldn't be more excited! Her quirky and adorable style turns everyone's heads and makes her a favorite on the dance floor both socially and competitively. She has a unique style that is refreshing and we look forward to having her teach at CJ this year!