Ria DeBiase
Ria DeBiase, hailing from Sacramento, has been dancing and teaching Lindy Hop for over ten years, both in the USA and worldwide. She has also studied Historical Jazz, Ballet, Gymnastics, and Hip Hop. Her dancing style is energetic and musical, passionate and playful.
Ria has been competing and performing since 1998. In Spring/Summer of 2003, Ria toured Canada and the USA with the Harlem Hot Shots. Over the last couple years alone, she has won competitions at the US Open, Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, National Jitterbug Championships, and the World Lindy Hop Championships.
Despite a healthy competitive attitude, Ria loves lindy hop in its natural habitat, the social dance floor.
"A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not to dictate the answers, but to stimulate his student's creativity enough so that they go out and find the answers themselves." -Herbie Hancock
Awards:
2007 US Open, Fast Division -3rd Place
2007 Boston Tea Party, Invitational Strictly Lindy -2nd Place
2007 Boston Tea Party, Invitational Crossover J&J -3rd Place
2007 Boogie by the Bay, Lindy Showcase -3rd Place
2006 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, Fast Division -1st Place
2006 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, Mid-tempo Division -3rd Place
2006 American Lindy Hop Championships, American Showcase -2nd Place
2006 American Lindy Hop Championships, Strictly Balboa -3rd Place
2006 Boogie by the Bay, Lindy Showcase -1st Place
2006 National Jitterbug Championship, Pro Lindy -2nd Place
2006 National Jitterbug Championships, Showcase -3rd Place
2006 U S Open, Stictly Lindy -4th Place
2005 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, Fast Division -2nd Place
2005 American Lindy Hop Championship, American Showcase -3rd Place
2005 World Lindy Hop Championships -1st Place
2005 Boogie by the Bay, Lindy Showcase -1st Place
2005 US Open, Lindy Showcase -1st Place
2005 Camp Hollywood, Jitterbug Contest -1st Place
2004 Camp Hollywood, Jitterbug Contest -1st Place
2004 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, Fast Division -3rd Place
2003 American Lindy Hop Championships, Champions Jack and Jill -3rd Place
2002 World Lindy Hop Championships -2nd Place
2002 American Lindy Hop Championships, Strictly Lindy -1st Place
2002 U S Open, Strictly Lindy -4th Place
