THE BABBLE TEAM 2012
Jenny Sowden (Director/Registration/Website)
Photography by Will O'Hare
Jenny has been a director of BABBLE since the beginning of BABBLE history 2008, 2010, 2011 and now 2012! It's her honor to BABBLEly bring together dancers, musicians, and the NYC dance communities for one epic party of a weekend. She is a professional dance instructor, choreographer, event coordinator and DJ based in NYC with a crazy long list of dance styles to back it up.
Stalk her at JenniferSowden.com
Jennifer Shortway (DJ Coordinator)
Red Jenn Shortway has been BABBLEing now for 3 years. She will return again for her second year as our DJ coordinator. She has traveled the globe djing at various events including such awesome places as Frim Fram, Hi-de-hon, Baltimore Blues Summit, Philly Lindy Love, and Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing.
Michael Mathis (Housing Coordinator)
Photography by Will O'hare
Hi. I’m Michael, and I’m a BABBLEr. I’ve been BABBLing for 3 years. Hosting people has been one of my favorite things to do when I’m BABBLing, so I’m excited to help everyone get housing. I look forward to meeting everyone and getting to dance with you!
John Joven (Volunteer Coordinator)
This new Brooklyner from Chicago is eager to jump into the NYC swing scene. John is a well traveled blues dancer and lindy-hopper teaching and competing at events around the country. He's a BABBLE virgin and hopes to make his first time a memorable one.
Ruth Hoffman (Marketing Coordinator)
Ruth is BABBLing all over town about how excited she is to join the
team this year. A new transplant to NYC, Ruth spends as much time as
she possibly can dancing, flying back and forth between the east
coast, San Francisco and in between teaching and enthusing about
dance.
Chrissy Bridgeman (Competition Coordinator)
I've BABBLEd for 4 years and I'm excited to be helping organize this unique event! I've been dancing for over 13 years now including: Lindy, Blues, Balboa, West Coast Swing, Salsa, and Tango. I'm a full-time dance instructor and consider myself extremely lucky to have the opportunity to share the art of dance with people around the world!
More at: www.paintedrhythmdance.com
Michael Blank (BABBLE Designer)
Michael has been part of the dancing community for over six years. He has been BABBLing for the past 3 years and 2 years on the BABBLE design team creating flyers and other marketing material for the 2011 & 2012 events. When he is not dancing he works as a motion graphic designer and an illustrator.(PLUG: he's been illustrating and writing a graphic novel called The Muse of Richard Long. Ask him about it).He loves to BABBLE in all BABBLICIOUS dance forms: Blues, Lindy & Bal. His favorite moves are the "Crazy Legs" and the "Messaround", in fact that's pretty much all he knows... unless he combines them! BABBRILLIANT!!!
Find more at :
blanksight.net
michaelblankart.com
Sarah LaBonte (Sponsor Coordinator)
Sarah LaBonte (a.k.a “Red”) – Live from New York…yes really, she's from the NYC Scene, though from all the travelling you might not have guessed. This is her 2nd year BABBLEin' and bringing the extras to another awesome event. Sarah's love for connecting the dots leads her to a life of combining great companies and products with great events and people to create a BABBLEisous Frenzy. But enough of this BABBLE…Let the fun begin!
For More Info Visit:www.sarahlabonte.com
For More Info Visit:www.sarahlabonte.com
Adam Brozowski (BABBLE Historian)
Originally from Seattle, Adam loves Jazz, and has been dancing his whole life. He has toured nationally with the musical “42nd street” as a tap dancer, traveled through Asia promoting Jazz dance and education, and Lindy Hopped his way across the country several times teaching, performing, and competing. Adam currently teaches here in New York at Dance Manhattan Studios, and is very honored and excited to be BABBLE’s first historian! This is his 2nd year BABBLE-ing!
