Scott Angelius

Scott has been teaching swing dancing since 1998. He started in what became a mecca of swing dance, Austin, TX, where he helped build the community by teaching throughout the city and eventually starting and operating The Lindy Project, a highly successful dance company. Now in Knoxville, TN, he teaches regularly and is the current president of the KSDA.

He loves social dancing for the mental/physical connection that comes from dancing with a partner, and strives to dance where both people can hear each other and express themselves. In class, he teaches what he loves as a dancer, focusing on the building blocks that apply across the dance as well as the nuances that help students grow past any plateaus they may be in—while keeping things simple to understand.

Scott teaches, performs, and competes throughout the U.S. He has won numerous Lindy Hop competitions and was a member of the renowned team Lindy Hoppers’ Dozen. And while his first love is Lindy Hop, he also trained extensively in West Coast Swing and has a passion for Carolina Shag.

In addition to teaching, he helps run dance events. He is an Event Director of Lindyfest, Chief Operating Officer of the International Lindy Hop Championships, and the Competition Manager at many of the largest dance competitions in the country. He has also developed a competition scoring management system, RP-Scoring, which is utilized by most large Lindy Hop events in the country.