WINTER WHITE TEACHING STAFF 

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DOUG
​Doug's first love in music was the trumpet where he had the pleasure of playing in Jazz bands, pit orchestras and other community ensembles. Doug went on to attend VanderCook College of Music Education for his music teaching degree.

Doug's formal training in dance started when he stumbled upon West Coast Swing in 2001.  Since then he has won numerous titles across the country, including US Open Champion.  He taught many forms of dance, including ECS, Hustle, Salsa, Night Club 2, Country 2 and of course West Coast Swing.
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ARDENA
Ardena danced as a professional ballroom dancer in USA and later moved to Norway where she helped fuel the growth of the West Coast Swing community starting with teaching regularly and starting Winter White by bringing Stephen White.

Since 2012, Ardena has been hooked on WCS. From 2015 -2019 she partnered with Thibaut Ramirez  teaching, competing, judging and performing locally and internationally.

She now runs  Argo Movement Studio in Ås where she integrates partner dancing, yoga and fitness all in one place building a community of movers.
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STEPHEN
Stephen loves to teach, judge, choreograph, and coach mostly in West Coast Swing, but is also trained in American and International styles of ballroom dancing.

He competes in the Champions and Classic Divisions on the swing circuit at the moment, and has competed in Showcase in the past.  He has won a few things, and  done well in others, but he doesn't put much stock in that. Mostly people like to work with him for his focus on his personalized education in dance! He is all about authenticity, and finding the right tools for the individual.
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COLEEN
Coleen started dancing at the age of four beginning with Tap and Jazz and then progressing onto Ballet. She continued dancing until she left school where she worked as a dancer in trade shows, pantos and music videos with her most notable achievement being cast in the UK tour of the West End production of the "King and I". 

Her thirst to widen her dance knowledge has led her to try many forms of dance including Salsa, Zouk, Contemporary but she really fell in love with West Coast Swing in 2009 and hasn't looked back since, regularly teaching, judging and competing at events around the world.
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PAUL
Paul is a world class, Champion level dancer and one of the most experienced WCS teachers in Europe.  Any night Paul is in the house you know you will be challenged but will always have a laugh along the way.

​With over 15 years of experience, his style and passion for the dance and teaching can be seen all over the world. Paul’s love of the dance’s freedom and musical interpretation is what drives him to help others to also fall in love with the dance.