Jonathan Caron

(Québec)

Lunou Samson Poirot

(Québec)

Jonathan started his dance journey almost 15 years ago at Montréal’s Cat’s Corner. At first to keep him busy once a week, and hopefully help him develop a social circle in a new city, he was quickly bit by the Lindy Hop bug. Within a few months, what had started as a once a week hobby became an obsession. That obsession led him to teach locally, nationally and in the US, coach multiple troupes, compete all over North America, and share his love of Jazz music and vernacular Jazz dance. You might also have heard him DJ in events such as the Canadian Swing Championships, The Boston Tea Party or Beantown Camp, where he will be leading the DJ Summit for the third time this summer.

Nowadays, Jonathan is mostly busy being a dad and a pharmacist, but his passion hasn’t faded one bit, and he hopes his joy of dancing will prove contagious because this disease needs no antibiotic! (Sorry, lame pharmacist joke!)

An infinite source of positive energy, Lunou (Trois-Rivières, QC) has been dancing swing for almost two decades. A teacher by profession, she always brings out the little details that will make you go “aaah!” Generous of her passion, Lunou is always eager to help and inspire others in finding their way.

Living in Québec city and then Montréal, she recently moved to the suburbs of Trois-Rivières with her family. Since the pandemic, she has had the chance to invest herself in a new smaller dance scene. She is still teaching to this day in high schools, dance schools and dance festivals.  

Throughout her dance career she also had the pleasure to work with many wonderful partners on different dance projects and this camp is no exception. She feels honored to be back at Beantown and share her love and her passion.

Kofi Arthiabah

(Ottawa)

For Kofi, the world is just one big dance floor. He can be seen dancing up a storm wherever and whenever the music moves him - that's pretty much everywhere and all the time! He has been dancing all his life and ever since discovering partner jazz dancing, (thanks to Frankie Manning and Norma Miller’s interview on the Ken Burns PBS series “Jazz”)  he's been hooked and has been lindy hopping his life away. He has travelled the world learning, social dancing, competing, judging, teaching and sharing the joy of jazz dance.  His "Taking it back to the streets" project saw him dance Norma's Trickeration, 100 days around the world to mark Norma Miller's 100th birthday.

In 2020, the pandemic disrupted his Trans-Canada Dance project which was to start with dancing in Halifax, so he's extra excited to share the joy of dance with everyone at Seaside Shimmy.