I MAESTRI
Irene Vecchia
As a child, she reciprocated visits to the doctor with Louis Armstrong audio cassettes, and
in 2009, while traveling with Chimenti, he sees Lindy Hop dancing and has an epiphany:
She has found a way to move her body to the music that beats inside her.
He began studying Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz by participating in workshops and private lessons with prestigious international teachers who marked the revival of swing dances in Europe, and in 2010 he founded Swingin' Napoli with Luca Chimenti, the first swing school in the Campania region, and promotes dance with consistency and continuity, involving and hosting internationally renowned teachers.
Its commitment is to bring swing dance and music to a wide variety of people, offering them the opportunity to express themselves, continue learning and build an inclusive and non-competitive community .
He says: “The body is a political place, and so dancing is the revolution!”
Luca Chimenti
Music and Motors are his greatest passions and it is thanks to them that in 2009 he was catapulted into the wonderful world of swing.
He began dancing Lindy Hop with Irene Vecchia and, riding his motorbike, they toured Italy to participate in concerts, workshops and dedicated festivals.
Their dream is to bring Swing to their city, so they founded the Swingin'Napoli association and organize courses, events and evenings to promote and spread swing culture.
At the DJ console his name is Tone Cooper, and it is impossible to resist his overwhelming musical selection from Rock'n'Roll to Swing to Rhythm and Blues.
He says: “Even those who have never dared will find themselves on the dance floor dancing!”
Dalyla Del Giudice
As a child she studied diction, acting, classical dance and singing, and grew up with a love for music.
Her exuberant stage presence and the originality of her performances attract the interest of talent scouts, but her creative personality and cultural background push her not to commodify herself.
Today she teaches and continues to work with passion as a singer in the jazz band Milanoans, and as a presenter at national and international events, and was the creator and speaker of the radio program Swing Date.
In 2014 she fell in love with Lindy Hop and the different styles of swing dances, which she explored in Milan and around festivals. A supporter and collaborator of Swinging Napoli, today she loves to share and spread the knowledge she has acquired with great enthusiasm and humility.
She says: “I believe in the immense therapeutic power of dance and music.”
Alessandro Vitulli
Motorcycles are his true passion and it was while riding his Harley Davidson that he came across Lindy Hop and was struck by it.
It was 2013, since then he began to travel and train with the greatest professional dancers in the sector in the various Swing disciplines and at Swingin Napoli becoming a supporter and collaborator.
He says: “I am the living proof that even if you feel like a stick, if you like music and let yourself go with irony, giving the best of yourself, the results are surprising!”
Giulia Caporrino
Swing dancing is her greatest passion, it was love at first sight. She started dancing with Swingin'Napoli in 2012 and later became part of the teaching team.
She has participated in various festivals and competitions around Europe, increasing her knowledge as a teacher and dancer thanks to her participation in workshops with internationally renowned masters.
She says: “What I hope to convey in class is the sense of lightness that this dance can bring”
Giuliano Ferraro
In the early 2000s, Giuliano became passionate about tango, studied at the Milonga Porteña and after 4 years began teaching.
In 2010 she met Irene and Luca and began her lindy hop adventure with Swingin Napoli. In the following years she improved her bounce and swing out thanks to workshops with some of the best dancers in the world around Italy and Europe. She has been teaching with Swingin Napoli since 2013 and has focused the last few years on teaching.
He says: "Everyone has their own time, you just need to know how to listen to yourself and not give up at the first difficulty"
Alessia Passaro
He started dancing at 14 in hip hop jams around Italy and Europe and for about ten years he practiced dance styles that are danced on funk, such as locking, his first great love.
In 2015 she decided to start studying swing dances, thinking of them as the ancestors of hip hop and funk styles and she fell in love again!
He says: “Together we will experiment, we will get to know our body better, how it moves and expresses itself and we will have a lot of fun between one bounce and another!”
