Catrine Ljunggren (from Sweden) started dancing as a child - Tap, Modern Jazz and Ballet. At age 14 she added Jitterbug to the list of dances, and that was the beginning of a long relationship that has lasted until today. She learned her first Lindy Hop steps from the legendary Al Minns from Whitey’s Lindy Hoper’s and a year later Frankie Manning became her teacher and mentor. In 1985 she founded, together with five other members, the dance group “The Rhythm Hot Shots”. She specialized in Lindy Hop but also in other dances from the same era as Tap, Charleston, The Sham Sham, The Big Apple, Black Bottom and Cake Walk. During the next 15 years she traveled across the world teaching and performing these amazing dances. Some of the artists she has worked with include Count Basie Orchestra, Nicholas Brothers, Albert Minns, Frank Manning and Norma Miller. She was also part of TRHS own productions, musicals, Commercials and TV appearances. As a member of the group she also received awards as the: - Winner of the legendary Amateur Night at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem (New York USA, 1992) - Winner of the Feather Award for Most Outstanding Global Swing Dancers (Beverly Hills USA, 1994) - Winner of the Frankie Award for everlasting work to preserve and spread the African-American dance culture (Munich Germany, 1996) www.rhythmhotshots.com. Catrine was a previous owner and organizer of Herräng dance camp from 89 – 02 and in 2006 and 2007 she was the co-organizer together with “Happy Feet” to produce the first Lindy Hop Festival in Argentina, LHAIF.

1999 - 2000 Catrine organized Hop The Millennium in Ensenada where The Rhythm Hot Shots taught 500 Lindy Hop students from all over the world. After moving to SF in 2000 Catrine partnered up with Elliott Donnelley who she did many international workshops with and since 2009 she also taught with Frankie Manning's son Mr. Chazz Young. While living in San Francisco she started a swing club called Cat's Corner where she taught regular classes together with her partner Nathan Dias. The club is still going strong and offers classes and dances to live bands every Wednesday. www.catscornersf.com. In spring 2010 she worked as a dance teacher and choreographer at the George Lucas movie ”Red Tails”. Catrine also has lots of experience teaching children, while living among palm trees, coconuts and warm beaches on St: Maarten she taught tap dance to children from 6 years of age. She was back in the states, New York teaching and performing 2013 - 2014 at the dance school Dance Manhattan. As an international dance teacher Catrine has done workshops in many countries, among some are Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Island, England, Russia, Germany, Croatia, Spain, Prague, Italy, Luxemburg, Turkey, Switzerland, Brazil, Singapore, Argentine, Scotland, Australia and USA. Catrine is also a very skilled tango dancer with her 20 years of experience, and has taught several tango classes and done a few tango shows including her own production " finding the perfect man" in San Francisco. After having lived abroad for more than 15 years she moved to Jönköping and ran her own dance school "jamboree" where she taught lindy hop, jazz, tap, blues and tango for about 6 years. https://www.facebook.com/Jamboree-218024835215600/

Today she is back in Stockholm since 2020.
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Catrine the tap dancer Inspired by the old black and white movies with dancers like Fred Astaire Catrine started tap dancing at the age of 7 studying with many of the local tap teachers in Stockholm at the time. When she and the other five dancers created the dance group The Rhythm Hot Shots, whose specialisation was not only in Lindy Hop but other dances from the same era like tap, she had a good base and knowledge as a tap dancer and continued to develop the style of tap she liked. She studied tap dancers from the 30's and 40's like, except for Fred Astaire, Bill Robinson, Ginger Rogers, Ellenor Powell, Gene Kelly and of course The Nicolas brothers who she later on met and performed with. Catrine has been teaching tap both at workshops around the globe as well as locally wherever she has been living starting in Stockholm back in the 80's, Zurich in the 90's, San Francisco, S:t Maarten, New York and Jönköping. Catrine's love for teaching clearly shows in the result and joy her students show taking her classes. Här kan man se henne sjunga och dansa 'Doin' The Suzie Q https://youtu.be/vWFO-62f32o