Warren Heyes

Warren Heyes trained from an early age in Ballet, Tap and Ballroom social dance. Whilst running the ULU Ballroom Dance and Rock and Roll societies, he met Terry Monaghan in 1983 and decided to commit his future career to establishing a professional standard Lindy Hop dance company. Classes began in 1984 and the Jiving Lindy Hoppers was founded soon after.

As a result Warren directly or indirectly taught everyone else dancing the Lindy Hop in the UK today. His choreographic commissions have included pieces for Extemporary Dance Theatre, Phoenix, Dundee Rep and numerous colleges and companies. He choreographed the dance hall scene for the feature film "Chicago Joe and the Showgirl", and has taught 'stars' like Emily Lloyd, Kiefer Sutherland and Greta Scacchi and most of the leading UK swing dancers who have appeared in recent films.