About Our Dance Instructors

Elaine Hewlett

Elaine Hewlett has been teaching dance for over 15 years. She has won competitions, as well as been a judge for competitions both locally and nationally. She has appeared in television commercials and talk shows in the US and Japan.

Elaine has consulted with the Dallas Fort Worth Ballet for their production of the Rite of Swing and numerous plays at Kitchen Dog Theater. She choreographed and performed in Plano Repertory's 2004 production of Swing as well as a few numbers in the Contemporary Ballet Dallas 2007 production of A Christmas Carol.

In addition to teaching in DFW, she has taught at workshops around the country including the St. Louis Tap Festival, American Lindy Hop Championship, Oakland Swing Festival, Swing Out New Hampshire, New England Swing Dance Championship, Great Southwest Lindy Fest and Austin Swing Riot.

In late 2000, after extensive studying of Salsa in Miami, Elaine began teaching the famed 1950's Cuban dance, Salsa Rueda. One thing lead to another, and Elaine finally merged Swing and Salsa Rueda into a new social dance called Swing Rueda.

Did you know that Elaine was featured in Daily Candy?
(Scroll down to the Boogie Bride.)

Kathy Warwick

Kathy Warwick has been teaching in Dallas for almost ten years. She has specialized in in the vintage dance forms of the early 20th century, to include Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing, Charleston, Jazz and Blues dance forms. She is a founding member of the Dallas Swing Dance Society, currently sits on the board of directors and is the Executive Director of Acme Swing Company.

Kathy has been a featured dance instructor at Austin Blues Party, Enter the Blues, Denver Blues Summit, Houston Fusion, Emerald City Blues, Down Home Blues, Mezz Jelly and many other dance workshops across the United States. She believes learning to dance should always be fun and strives to help all of her students achieve better results that they ever imagined.

Damon Stone

Our goal at The Rhythm Room is to share our love of Swing and Ballroom dance with you so you can relax and enjoy yourself on the dance floor.