Frida Häggström Gerdt

Frida's love for jazz music started in her early teens, but it wasn't until she discovered Lindy hop at the age of 17 that her passion for dance truly ignited. From the moment she took her first beginner course, social dancing quickly took over, and soon the dance and everything around it became an extensive part of her life. Today, Frida's passion still lies within the social aspects of the dance, and if the music is right she is often the last person to leave the party.
 
In 2015 she joined forces with The Hot Shots (formerly known as Harlem Hot Shots) and became a solid member of the dance company in 2018. Together with the group, Frida has travelled to teach and perform both locally and internationally. She is committed to sharing her love for the dance and the music that drives it, and when it comes to teaching as well as dance in general, she greatly values rhythm, simplicity and personal expression.

Sakarias Larsson

Sakarias "The Champ" Larsson was born and raised in Frufällan, on the west side of Sweden. He watched jitterbug contests as a kid and there were some things with the music and the aesthetics of the dance that spoke to him and he decided to learn. One thing led to another and already at sixteen he started practice with The Rhythm Hot Shots. That was over 20 years ago and he's been with the group ever since.

The amount of hours he's spent in the rehearsal studio is probably beyond sane. The recent past years he's focused on sharing what he knows with the younger generation of Harlem Hot Shots (now called The Hot Shots). He finds motivation from his friends in the group, they keep him young. Sakarias is on a never ending world tour in the name of Lindy hop with probably 1000s of shows, teaching gigs and competitions. He actually met and knew some of the original swing dancers of Harlem and he was good friends with Frankie Manning. The dancers from the Whitey's Lindy Hoppers are his true idols, but he also finds a lot of inspiration in modern day dancers.