Sylvia Sykes is regarded as one of California's premiere swing dance instructors and choreographers, and in particular is considered by most to be the world's leading authority on Balboa. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Swing Dancing The term swing dance is commonly used to refer either to a group of dances developing in response to swing (genre) music in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, or to lindy hop, a popular partner dance today. ... Balboa is a form of swing dance that started as early as 1915 and gained in popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. ...

Sylvia Sykes studied with the Dean Collins and was a member of his last dance troupe. She also studied balboa with Maxie Dorf and spent years learning from the greatest Southern California balboa dancers. Sylvia is an inductee into the National Swing Dance Hall of Fame, as well as the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. She is a U.S. Open champion, was the NASDE top point winner, two time California Balboa Champion, took third place in the National Carolina Shag Dance Championships, and has won many Strictly Swing and Jack & Jill dance contests through the U.S. in Lindy Hop, balboa and West Coast Swing. She was twice voted Swing Dance Teacher of the Year and is a four-time Feather Award winner as Best Female Lindy Dancer in the U.S. Dean Collins, born Saul Cohen on May 29, 1917, in Columbus, Ohio, was an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and innovator of swingdance. ... For the urban complex straddling the United States-Mexico border, see Bajalta California. ... Dancing the Lindy hop at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Sacramento, California, USA (2006) Lindy hop is an African American vernacular dance that evolved in New York City in the late 1920s and early 1930s. ... West Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance derived from Lindy Hop. ...

She has performed with Count Basie, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Artie Shaw, and Les Brown, and she has appeared on many television shows such as American Bandstand and Gotta Dance for the American Movie Channel. She also represented the U.S. in the World Boogie Woogie Championships in Grenoble, France with her original partner Jonathan Bixby. William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910, New York, New York – December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California) was an accomplished American jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader and author of both fiction and non-fiction. ... Les Brown, Sr. ... Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand American Bandstand was a long-running dance music television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989. ... American Movie Classics (AMC) was originally a basic cable channel that aired classic movies, largely pre 1950s, in a commercial free, generally unedited format. ... Grenoble (Arpitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère River. ...

She is best known for reviving balboa, which is rapidly gaining popularity around the world, and is a regular guest at the balboa dance camps.

Sylvia is considered on of the premere judges at national swing events, and has been the head judge for many events as well as being an expert teacher on how to judge.

Sylvia Sykes currently teaches with her dance partner Jonathan Bixby in Santa Barbara, CA. where they have continuously taught weekly swing dance classes for nearly 3 decades.

Jonathan and Sylvia's official website.