David Madison

Dave Madison discovered partnered dance through Lindy Hop back in 1996.

At the Sunday Late Night of the 2001 Austin Lindy Exchange, Dave discovered Blues dancing thanks to the connivings of his friend Mel and the song Fallin', and his life took a turn.

Soon after, he became instrumental in the origins of the contemporary Blues house party which eventually led to our formal Blues Scene. He helped found LindyBooty, the world's first and largest Lindy house Blues event, which then inspired blues parties across the West Coast and the states, eventually turning into much of the Blues dance scene as we know it today.

He has been teaching Blues workshops across the world since the beginning of the formal Blues scene, and they have been received with much positive feedback.

One of his big passions in the dance is to introduce and spread Blues across the world, he's introduced Blues to dance scenes such as Zürich, Cambridge, Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Edinburgh, Munich, Göteborg, Thessaloniki, Budapest, Oslo and so on..

Otherwise he can generally be found dancing and teaching Blues and Lindy around the globe and helping evolve a powerful Blues scene when he's back at his home base in San Francisco.