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Professional West Coast Swing dancers 💃🕺
@zathomaierdance @larisatingle

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Can you tell how much we love this song? ♥️♥️♥️

Thank you Aidan for jamming with me!!
@aidanwestcoastswing @paradisecountryswing

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How has it been A WHOLE WEEK since Go West Swingfest??!!! 🤯 Yeps, we too are having withdrawals 😭

Luckily for us we are slowly getting through pics & vids from this incredible weekend to help it sting a little less ☺️

Loving these candid snaps from our Newcomer & Novice divisions. As you can see by all the #smiles - our comps are low pressure and actually FUN 🤩

Tag your comp partner below 👇🏻
(Because IG won’t let us tag more than 20 peeps 🫠)

📸 by Ali

#gowestswingfest #westcoastswing #perthdancefestival

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WHAT A WEEKEND! 📸✨

We’re still smiling after an incredible few days spent with this amazing group 🤩 So many laughs, great conversations, and new friendships made 💕

Tag yourself & your friends below ⬇️
(Instagram sadly won’t let us tag everyone in the post 🫠)

🙏🏻 Heartfelt thanks to everyone that joined us!! Here’s just a snapshot of all the fun!

#gowestswingfest #community #goodtimesgreatpeople

Before you ask… we have, like, a GAZILLION videos & photos to get through, so please bear with us while we spend time getting it all together to share 💃🏻

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Happy birthday to my favorite person ♥️

Za, I am so glad you and Rosha came into my life.

After seeing you around in the dance community for years, I had no idea the thoughtful, sweet, funny person hiding in there behind the often quiet and serious exterior. I had no idea you’d become my partner, my best friend, the person I’m never sick of, the person I want to be bored with on long plane flights, the person I want to debate politics with, the person I want to figure out life with.

Thank you for your patience, your work ethic, your willingness to push and grow with me. Life is better with you in it.

Happy birthday honey ♥️ I love you so much.
- Larisa

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Keen to level up your dancing? 💥 Our amazing Pro Staff are offering private lessons all weekend at Go West Swingfest!

If you’ve got someone in mind, just message or email us and we’ll get you booked in 🧡

dance@gowestswingfest.au

Studio space is limited, so get in quick!
Priority goes to Full Weekend Pass holders (plus their floor‑fee is waived… love that for you 💙)

#privatelessons #gowestswingfest

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On @midnightmadness_wcs staff @zinglewcs

Larisa Tingle @larisatingle and Za Thomaier @zathomaierdance are Champion-level West Coast Swing professionals based in San Diego. Larisa brings a background in music, 20+ years of dance experience, and is an internationally sought-after coach, judge, and performer. Za has trained in 24+ dance styles and is a teacher, DJ, event producer, and community leader. Together, they inspire dancers worldwide through exceptional instruction, musicality, and connection.

Register now
@midnightmadness_wcs
November 13th-15th

#midnightmadness #danceconnectrepeat #globalgroove

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Story time: So my professional/life/romantic partner/Larisa Tingle and I had a what I would consider an unpleasant experience. We are both circuit and local pros, and we heard through a friend that someone was boycotting our classes. Now to be clear, that is totally fine - you don’t have to go to anyone’s classes. Learn from whoever you want! But the reasoning has me baffled.

We showed up to a local dance, we danced multiple songs with each other, then we danced with others for a few songs, came back to each other and danced a couple songs, repeated the process several times before we left. Later we were told that this behavior as a pro couple was unacceptable, and that they were going to boycott our classes in protest of our behavior. I will also add that we were not there to teach the class, we were not paid to be there to social dance or dj, and we are not involved in the dance organization in any way. We decided to come out to the local dance as normal attendees.

Now, I will admit. I do love dancing with my partner. She is my favorite person to dance with and I love every second. And I can be selfish in “hogging her”. However I also thought that as her romantic and professional partner, I have the right to feel that and to act on these feelings. And I can understand that some people would feel disappoint at not getting a chance to dance with a higher level dancer. I have felt the same thing many times.

But what is different for me seems to be the expectation. When I was a newer dancer, we understood that everyone, as well as pros, will generally dance more with their friends and partners and we would encourage but not enforce people to dance with everyone. But at no point did I ever feel that I was owed a dance by a pro or that the pro was obligated to dance with everybody.

I am really curious if the culture has switched this much. Is this now the norm? Is there an expectation that when a pro couple comes to a social dance that they should only dance with other people?

From my perspective, these statements and actions feel like I am only allowed to show up in the community as an object of service.

What are the community’s thoughts on this?

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We rarely stop to notice the care, the patience, the love, and the dedication that quietly hold the greatest things together. Larisa, I find myself in genuine awe of how much you pour into everything you touch.

Larisa Tingle, you are absolutely amazing. Every single day I am baffled by how lucky I am. And the more I sit with that, the more I realize that love, care, and dedication like this does something to a person. It doesn’t just feel good. It calls you forward. It makes you want to become.

The love and care you give to your work, to your students, to your friends, to our pets. The way your intellect shows up in the best ways, whether it’s buildings trivia or weird science or culture or community, The management of 10 different lives. Every day with you is a fun little adventure, and every day I feel myself becoming more of who I’m meant to be.

Like the greatest structures on earth, what endures takes planning, a solid foundation, and the right people building it together. I am so grateful to be building with you. (that’s an architecture reference!)

From the depths of my heart, I love you. Truly and completely. Thank you for letting me into your life, and for beginning a new one with me. I am looking forward to so much more.

Your Love, Za

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Thank you for letting me bounce around to my favorite song with you @joeltorgeson

Event- @retaliationswing 2026
Invitational Allskate

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Retaliation Swing kicks off TODAY!

⚔️ THREE workshops (check it out, advanced & all star dancers!)
⚔️ Social dancing
⚔️ Registration opens at 6:30pm!

Also: Thursday night is free and open to everyone! Come check it out and invite your friends!

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@myswingopen Invitational JNJ

Song 2: Songs that Inspire Me.

🕺 @bodylanguagecurriculum
💃 @larisatingle @zinglewcs

Organised by @wcsmalaysia

#westcoastswing #wcs #improv

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@myswingopen 2026 Invitational JNJ

Song 1

🕺 @bodylanguagecurriculum
💃 @larisatingle @zinglewcs

Organised by @wcsmalaysia

#WestCoastSwing #wcs #improv

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