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Herrang Instructors by the Numbers

I can get a little obsessive compulsive sometimes.  For example, I was looking at the Herrang Dance Camp website and was amazed by the fact that they have 107 teachers.  Granted, they are spread out over a month, but they still employ about 30 teachers a week. Only a handful of other events like Camp Jitterbug, Lindy Focus, Lindy Shock, Beantown, and Rock That Swing each have a comparable number of teachers, but those are over long weekends or one week.  Herrang usually takes place over four weeks, and this year its going to be five.

Anyway, I was curious as to how they scheduled this mass-o-teachers, so I plugged them into a spreadsheet just to see what it looked like. I’m not going to Herrang this year.  I’ve never been actually.  I’m just that much of a planning nerd.  Simple things like this amuse me.

Trying to manage something like this during the event must be good times if you're some sort of psychotic insomniac.  Gotta give much respect though.   This stuff is pretty hardcore.  I am suitably impressed.

A couple of fun facts that I noticed . . .

Number of teachers:  107

Female:  57

Male:     50

Countries they represent:  13

Argentina        1

Australia          3

Belgium           1

Canada            2

France            7

Germany          3

Italy                2

Slovenia          1

Spain              4

Sweden           32

UK                  8

Ukraine           2

USA                41

Most of of the instructors are Lindy Hoppers, but a few are just teaching Mambo, Tap, Boogie Woogie, African Dance or Balboa.  Some of them are teaching multiple dances.  Here’s a break down of those who are just teaching one type of specialized dance.

African Dance          2

Balboa                    4

Boogie Woogie         5

Mambo                   4

Tap                        5

There are 83 instructors teaching Lindy Hop with 19 of them also teaching some form of solo Authentic Jazz dance.  Lindy Hoppers Nina Gilkenson and Naomi Uyama are also teaching Belly Dance during week 3.

Number of teachers named Jenny       3

Number of teachers named Jenny that are American    0

This does not include Jeni LeGon who is in a category all by herself.

Disclaimer: This chart is not a product of Herrang Dance Camp.  While it is a reflection of the information available on the website as of March 2, 2010, I’m sure it will probably change between now and July.  I have no intention of keeping it updated, but since I have all this information compiled anyway, I thought I’d share it.

Note that the Number at the top of the column refers to the week of the camp.

Name Dance Country 1 2 3 4 5
Andreas   Berg BW SWE 1
Andy   Spitz LH BEL 1
Andy Reid LH USA 1
Angela   Andrew LH UK 1
Annie   Trudeau LH CAN 1
Åsa Palm AJ/LH SWE 1 1 1
Åsa   Rickardsson LH SWE 1
Barbara Billups Special USA 1 1
Bethany   Powell LH USA 1
Bruno   David LH FR 1
Bärbl   Kaufer BW GER 1
Carla   Heiney LH USA 1
Carolene   Hinds AJ/LH UK 1
Catrine   Ljunggren TAP/LH USA 1
Chazz   Young TAP USA 1 1
Chester   Whitmore AJ/TAP USA 1 1
Daniel   Newsome LH USA 1
Daniel   Heedman AJ/LH SWE 1 1
David   Dalmo AJ/TAP/LH SWE 1
Dawn   Hampton LIFE USA 1 1 1 1
Delores   Kumah AJ/LH UK 1
Diane van   Haaren LH USA 1
Eddie   Jansson LH SWE 1
Elliott   Donnelley LH USA
Emilia   Garrote Pablo LH SPN 1
Eva   Lagerqvist Jansson LH SWE 1
Evita   Arce LH USA 1
eWa   Burak AJ/LH SWE 1 1
Fatima   Teffahi TAP/AJ SWE 1 1 1 1
Frida   Borg LH SWE 1 1
Frida   Segerdahl AJ/LH SWE 1 1 1
Hanna   Zetterman LH SWE 1 1
Hasse   Mattsson LH SWE 1 1
Helena Norbelie LH SWE 1
Henric   Stillman BW/LH SWE 1 1
Isabella   Gregorio LH ITA 1 1
Jeni   LeGon LH USA
Jenny   Ajland AD SWE
Jenny   Deurell LH SWE 1
Jenny   Francois AJ/TAP/LH UK 1
Jeremy   Otth BAL/LH USA 1 1
Jessica   Lennartsson BW/AJ/LH SWE 1 1
Jo   Hoffberg LH USA 1 1
Joanna   Eriksson BW/LH SWE 1 1
Juan   Villafañe LH ARG 1
Katja   Hrastar BAL SLO 1
Kelly   Arsenault BAL USA 1
Kenneth Norbelie LH SWE 1
Kevin St.   Laurent LH USA 1
Larysa   Glikina LH UKR 1
Laura   Keat BAL/LH USA 1 1
Lautaro   Ariño MAMBO SWE 1
Lennart   Westerlund LH SWE 1 1
Lucy Falkner LH USA 1
Manu   Smith LH USA 1
Marcus   Koch BW GER 1
Marie   Nahnfeldt Mattsson LH SWE 1 1
Marina   Prada MAMBO SWE 1
Mark   Kihara LH USA 1
Martin   Wedby AJ/LH SWE 1
Mattias   Lundmark LH SWE 1 1
Max   Pitruzzella LH CAN 1
Mia Goldsmith LH USA 1 1
Michela   Marino Lerman TAP USA 1 1
Mickey   Fortanasce BAL USA 1
Mira   Hannula MAMBO SWE 1
Moe   Sakan LH UK 1 1
Naomi   Uyama AJ//TAP/BD/LH USA 1 1 1
Natasha   Harouard LH FR 1
Nick   Williams BAL/LH USA 1 1
Nina   Gilkenson LH/BD USA 1 1
Norma Miller LH USA 1 1
Olivier   Harouard LH FR 1
Pep   Espígol LH SPN 1
Peter   Loggins BAL USA 1
Peter   Strom LH USA 1 1
Pontus   Persson AJ/LH SWE 1 1 1
Ramona   Staffeld LH USA 1
Remy   Kouakou Kouame BW FR 1
Rikard   Ekstrand LH SWE 1
Rob   van Haaren LH USA 1
Russell   Sargeant LH UK 1
Ruth Jeffery LH AUS 1 1
Ryan   Francois AJ/LH UK 1
Sakarias   Larsson AJ/TAP/LH SWE 1 1
Sara   Deckard LH USA 1
Sarah   Reich TAP USA 1 1
Sarrah   Montalban BW FR 1
Sekou   Canara AFRICAN SWE
Shane   McCarthy LH AUS 1
Sharon   Davis LH AUS 1
Simon   Selmon LH UK 1
Skye   Humphries AJ/LH USA 1 1 1
Sonia   Ortega LH SPN 1
Stefan   Durham LH USA 1
Steven   Mitchell AJ/LH USA 1 1
Sugar Sullivan LH USA 1 1
Sylvia   Sykes BAL/LH USA 1 1
Taras   Melnyk LH UKR 1
Thomas   Marek TAP GER 1 1
Todd   Yannacone AJ/LH USA 1 1
Véronique   David LH FR 1
Victor   Cuno TAP FR 1
Vincenzo   Fesi LH ITA 1 1
Virginie   Jensen LH USA 1 1
Vladimir   Guala MAMBO SWE 1
Xavier   Recuenco Betriu LH SPN 1
categories: Dance Commentary
Thursday 03.04.10
Posted by Jerry Almonte
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