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Beibei & Zeng
Zeng Weiming
Zeng Weiming first encountered swing dancing in 2007 as a saxophone payer in a big band in Beijing. Intrigued by the discovery of this artform, he became the first native Chinese person to teach the dance in 2008.
His first trip to Herrang in 2012 inspired him to work on helping this seemingly distant culture take root within China.
Today, he runs China’s first full-time swing dance studio (Cat’s Corner Beijing), organizes international exchanges that draw in dancers across Asia and beyond, hosts the biggest Lindy hop competition in China (China Lindy Hop Championships), and cultivated China’s first generation of professional and semi-professional dancers.
A Frankie Manning Ambassador, he leads students to complete challenges with unique personal charm, endless passion, and a willingness to share with and help dancers facing difficulties in various stages of their dance journeys.
Huang Beibei
Beibei began her swing journey in Beijing in 2013, when there were not many dancers in China and limited resources in Chinese.
Driven by the shortage of local teachers and the urge to share the joy of swing dance with more people, Beibei began teaching and learning at the same time. She hasn’t stopped since!
This experience has taught her that there are no absolute teacher-student relationships. Just as she gives her all to teaching each class, she is also able to gleam inspiration from her students. These pleasant surprises from those around her continues to keep her ideas fresh.
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Obsessed with rhythm, she had always enjoyed walking with improvised rhythms since childhood. Beibei draws continuous inspiration from old films, her training in jazz flute, tap dancing, and the Herrang chorus line.
In teaching, she hopes to pass this inspiration on to her students, and work with them to inject new vitality to classic materials.
