Jordan Frisbee
Jordan Frisbee (born August 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American professional competitive dancer. Moreover, he owns a shoeline of JT Swing Shoes, which is a project he started with his dance partner Tatiana Mollmann.[1]
Life & career
As a child, Jordan Frisbee played baseball, basketball, and volleyball. At the age of 11, he began taking West Coast Swing lessons. He graduated with honors from Lakewood High School (California) and received a four-year college scholarship. During college, he majored in Business and Entrepreneurship.
As a child, Jordan Frisbee first partnered with Olivia Dasso. Later, he had a partnership with Jessica Cox for three years. They became the youngest couple to win a NASDE event in the Showcase Division. Since 2000, he has been in a partnership with Tatiana Mollmann. Together, they won 11 West Coast Swing Classic Division Championships at the US Open Swing, which is the most important West Coast Swing event.[2]
Mollmann and Frisbee have won Fox TV's "30 Seconds to Fame", appeared twice on CBS TV's "Star Search", danced in the motion picture "The Polar Express",[3] won "America's Best Dance Couple" on ABC TV's "Good Morning America", and had speaking roles and danced in the movie "Love N' Dancing".[3] They are certified teachers in the Golden State Dance Teacher's Association.[4] Together with Benji Schwimmer, Frisbee also appeared in the 2010 movie Leading Ladies (film).[5]
Awards
(with Tatiana Mollmann)[6]
- US OPEN Young Adult Champions (2000)
- US OPEN Classic Champions (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) - Youngest couple to win (2001)
- Dallas Dance Classic Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- USA Grand Nationals Classic Champions (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
- UCWDC World Swing Invitational Champions (2003)
- UCWDC Swing "Impact Dancers of the Year" (2003)
- USA Swing Net "Dance Couple of the Year" (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
References
- ↑ "Jordan & Tatiana: Swing Dance Champions". www.jtswing.com.
- ↑ "History – The US Open Swing Dance Championships". usopenswing.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jordan Frisbee". IMDb. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ "Dance Education - Skippy Blair's Universal Unit System". Skippy Blair's Universal Unit System. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ "Leading Ladies". IMDb. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ "USA Swing Dance Network". Usaswingnet.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
External links
- Jordan & Tatiana's Official Website
- USA Swing Dance Network
- USA Swing Dance Network - Jordan & Tatiana Bio
References
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