Teachers
We are very excited over this years line up. The dancers teaching at Gothenburg Queer Lindy Festival 2025 will be:
Grey Armstrong (he/him),
Maria Mallan (she/her) & Tamara Lobato Nieto (she/they),
Kate Bramley-Moore (she/her) & Linnea Damber (she/her),
Mina Warringer (she/her) & Anne Normann (she/her)
Grey Armstrong (he/him)
From regular panic attacks after classes to an international dance instructor, Grey’s dance journey has been intense and yet he never forgets those early days. Bringing opportunities for growth and confidence building, Grey loves to help dancers find their style within the foundations set by the Black culture. Although he loves the speed of Lindy hop, Grey enjoys highlighting other and lesser explored aspects of Lindy hop, like rhythmic variation, the pocket/lag, groove, and challenging well worn beliefs. Join him for fun classes where we find your artistry and voice in dance and daily life.



Maria Mallan (she/her) & Tamara Lobato Nieto (she/they)
Waiting for bio and pitcures. In the meantime check out a video of them dancing here
Anne Normann (she/her) & Mina Warringer (she/her)
The focus for Anne and Mina is always on each dancer’s individual journey. The individual always comes first, the dance role comes second. In the partnership the focus is always the connection, respect for your partner and the opportunities that comes from dancing with a partner independently of the dance role. Both Anne and Mina share the love for swing dancing and regularly teach in the local dance scene in Gothenburg as followers, leads, switching and solo jazz.



Kate Bramley-More (she/her) & Linnea Damber (she/her)
Kate and Linnea both started learning Lindy Hop in the early 2000s and started teaching not that long after that. In 2009, they briefly swapped hometowns, Melbourne, Australia and Gothenburg Sweden, before meeting in their current hometown of Gothenburg. Since then they have formed an extremely close friendship and dancing collaboration.
Kate and Linnea combine great pedagogy with usable technique and moves. They have a fundamental belief that dancing should be fun and class should involve laughter, while being safe and inclusive.”
EMCEE –
Bands
During our two nights of partying, we will have live music delivered by two great bands. They will give us that playful, jazzy and queer energy to make us move our feet throughout the nights.

Cats and Dinosaurs
We are excited to welcome back our house band who’s been with us every year since the start. This year, they will play for us during Saturday evening.
Cats and Dinosaurs is a swing collective from Gothenburg, and three of their members were part of creating the first Queer Lindy Festival in 2017! They honor the jazz pioneers, not by copying them note for note, but by embracing their energy and radical attitude. In this attitude they perform their original songs with feminist and left wing political lyrics. And being lindy hop dancers themselves, they know exactly what kind of groove the dancers need!
Find them at catsanddinosaurs.com