Suzie Hardt  has been dancing and performing competitive ballroom dance and Latin American dancing for 18 years, competing in Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, and London. She has choreographed a number of modern, tango, and ballroom pieces for the stage including waltzes, foxtrot, mambo, salsa, swing, rumba, cha cha, and Argentine Tango.  She danced and performed with the salsa troupe, Tribu Nueva for 2 years and appeared as a featured dancer in the film “Swing” starring Jaquline Bisset. Suzie owns and operates Marin Ballroom Dance Theater (Suzie’s Studio), a dance studio in San Rafael.

Todd Marsden has been performing and competing in ballroom and Latin American dance for 6 years. Prior to dancing ballroom, he was a swing dancer, and danced Lindy Hop regularly around the Bay Area for many years as well as in Herrang, Sweden. He was a dancer in the PBS swing documentary, “Big Band Magic”.  He also performs as a singer and has sung with the San Francisco Bach Choir and the Broadway Singers. He leads a singing group, for which he also plays the guitar.