Jay Byam
Owner and founder of People
Who Dance
Director and Owner of Palm Springs Swing Dance Classics (Swing'n Dance
Camp)
Director and Owner of Salsa Extravaganza (Palm Springs Salsa Congress)
Studied music and dance at CSUH, Jay is a GSTA certified
dance instructor and a UCWDC certified judge. He has been in music and
dance for 20 years.
Jay teaches classes from San Diego to Atlanta, Georgia
and to Calgary, Canada. He also enjoys teaching special workshops in Swing,
Two-Step, Salsa, West Coast Swing, Lindy, and Jitter Bug. He is also well
known for his classes that are essential to dancers: Timing, Rhythm &
Phrasing, Teachers Training, and Lead & Follow Technique classes.
In 1991 Jay created New Year's Swing Dance Championships
Dance Camp & Summer Dance Camp. Jay is currently the director and
owner of both the Summer Dance Camp & New Years Dance Camp and New
Years Salsa Extravaganza. Jay was also the past Coordinator for the Northwest
Regional Swing Dance Championships in Spokane. Jay has also co-hosted
the Instructors Training Seminars at the Los Angeles Salsa Congress.
Jay was the director and choreographer for the “SWINGMEISTERS”
Swing & Salsa dance team.
Through his school of dance, Jay has been teaching Swing and Salsa in
Ventura County and supported dancers around the world.
In his spare time Jay enjoys tuna and marlin fishing
and free diving off his small boat just off shore from his home in Ventura
and in Baja.
So if ya wanna catch some great fish or just fun in the sun, call Jay.
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