Christian Frommelt
Christian Frommelt
Christian Frommelt has been on our short list for instructors to invite to be part of Flying Home since before it was renamed flying home! We are thrilled he will be able to make it to this year’s event
Christian Frommelt (he/they), is a swing dancer and musician from St. Louis, Missouri. As a teacher, organizer, and social dancer, he has dedicated much of his life to bringing people together through music and dance. The African-American vernacular dance values of spontaneity, rhythmic propulsion, and communal improvisation captivated him as a teenager, and he has been bent on learning jazz-based artforms ever since. He feels it is a privilege to also share the stories, sounds, and skills he has gained along the way as a teacher, writer, and performer.
He has been recognized with competitive accolades at the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown and the International Lindy Hop Championships, which include awards for choreography with Jenny Shirar. For nine years he served as co-organizer of the renowned Nevermore Jazz Ball & St. Louis Swing Dance Festival and continue to organize the Cherokee Street Jazz Crawl in the effort of collective expression. He has played piano for the Gaslight Squares jazz band since 2019.