about mike
About Mike | Competitions | Teaching Events
Mike has been dancing Lindy Hop and associated dances including Charleston, East Coast Swing and Blues since 2000. He started teaching locally in 2001 and has been teaching on an international level since 2008. Over the years, Mike has traveled the United States and Europe attending workshops and competitions, honing his craft. Mike now regularly manages the monumental undertaking of being both an international dance instructor and a full time worker. His wife is very impressed with him.
He has established himself as a leader in the Austin Lindy Hop community, teaching and serving on the Austin Swing Syndicate board of directors. He currently co-owns a dance company, The Lindy Project with Laura and Scott Angelius. He strives to create a fun and exciting environment in his classroom and at the Syndicate’s weekly dances. No matter how much technique you have, if you’re not having fun with it, there’s no point.
DJ Bio
Mike Roberts has been a regular DJ for the Austin Swing Syndicate since 2004, and a DJ for the San Antonio Swing Dance Society before that. Since beginning Lindy Hop in 2000, he has expanded his listening preference from Metallica to all kinds of dance jazz, and listens to it constantly. He loves it so much that he has taken up the ukulele. And the guitar. And, most recently, the upright bass. In between his full time job and traveling around the country teaching and competing in Lindy Hop, he has put together a mini band of other Austin jazz enthusiasts who get together and practice the music they love so much. He loves that this new, deeper understanding of music has enriched his ability to dance to it and loves to share his knowledge with anyone who asks (hint, hint).