ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Autor
Jaume Rosset i Llobet was born in 1964 in the Antic Poble de Sant Pere (Terrassa-Barcelona) and still lives there.
He has always liked dancing and at a very early age began to learn and practice ball room dances. However, the lack of feeling for the music and the almost non-existent resources available about this type of dance meant that he slowly lost interest. He also had training as a Sardana dancer (typical Catalan folk dance). In fact Sardanes helped him discover the importance of musicality, despite their seemingly rigid structure.
But everything changed radically when, during the 2003 Terrassa Jazz Festival, he saw couples dancing lindy hop. The music seemed to invite people to dance, the dance seemed so joyful and people did it so well that it was impossible to resist the incipient madness of swing from beginning to circulate in his veins.
Just a few weeks later he was already taking his first classes at the Nova Jazz Cava in Terrassa. Here he came into contact with a group of dancers that, little by little, encouraged more people from the area to dance swing and ended up being constituted as Terrassahoppers. Nowadays, this group, associated with Jazz Terrassa, promotes most of the activities related to swing dancing that take place in the city.
The formation of this association allowed Terrassa to establish regular activities such as classes and, above all, a weekly social dance which Jaume and Mercè (his partner) have practically never stopped attending. Over the years this interest has grown and allowed him to become a good connoisseur of the characteristics and repertoire of swing music and create his own unmistakable dance style based on the ability to express the music he hears. He is also a renowned swing DJ and lindy hop teacher, regularly teaching workshops on aspects related to musicality. Surely his knowledge and experience could be very useful to all of us if we want to introduce ourselves into the world of swing or to delve into it just a little deeper.
In his professional life Jaume Rosset is a traumatologist and specialist in sports medicine. Over the years, he has specialised in the medical treatment of performing artists (musicians, dancers, actors, circus acrobats... and swing dancers, of course). He is currently the director of Institut de l'Art. Medicina & Fisiologia - Terrassa, a worldwide reference centre in this field. You can also follow his activity on Facebook.
Jaume Aulet (Terrassahopper)
Collaborators
Jaume Aulet was born in Terrassa in 1959.
About fifteen years ago he became fascinated by swing music and lindy hop after attending a concert for dancers at the Nova Jazz Cava in Terrassa. Here he discovered a type of dance that was very different from what he had known until then, basically in the field of Festivals. Since then he has been a member of Terrassahoppers, the group of swing dancers in Terrassa and surrounding areas.
Learning and practising created an increasing interest in the history of swing, the characteristics of this type of music, and the dances that derive from it. His excellent taste when choosing music has made him a regular DJ at many of the swing festivals organised all over our country. Over time, he has gradually opted for balboa and swing music that most adapts to this type of dance.
This interest is what led him to collaborate with Jaume Rosset on the Swing this Music website.
Rod Bowman was born in Melbourne (Australia) in 1949.
In 2009 when he saw Lindy Hop being danced in Terrassa he was fascinated by people dancing to music he had always enjoyed. He soon began classes with Terrassahoppers and has become closely integrated into the group, regularly attending the social dance every week and occasionally acting as a DJ.
He is now retired, but worked for many years as a translator specialised in medical and pharmaceutical translations.
He lives with his wife and dance partner in Terrassa.
