Who are we?

Who are we?

52nd Street Jump is run by Caron and Steve Mason. They share a love of Lindy Hop and other Swing dances, as well an interest in the fashions and styles of the Swing era. Their teaching philosophy is that learning to dance should be good fun and something that anyone can do. It is for this reason that you will find their classes to be well paced, informative and most importantly, enjoyable. Through their classes students often find they learn far more than they thought they were able to achieve.

Caron and Steve are full time dance teachers and event promoters. They dedicate large amounts of time to developing their courses and providing new teaching material.

Caron Mason

Caron Mason is a trained dancer in Jazz, Ballet and Tap. She has been teaching Lindy Hop and Jive at Pineapple Dance Studios since 2002, including the highly successful Foundation Course in Lindy Hop. She is also one of Pineapple's private instructors. She also Guest teaches for the London Swing Dance Society at the 100 Club, Oxford Street in London’s West End. Caron is a member of the Guild of Professional Teachers of Dance, Movement to Music and Dramatic Arts.

Caron teaches in a style that is accessible and encouraging to beginners whilst offering enough technical input to improve more experienced dancers. Her enthusiasm for dance is infectious and it takes no time before new students have got the 'Lindy Bug'

Caron has taught many classes and workshops at private functions around the country and in Jersey. She has appeared as a dancer for the Memphis Belle Orchestra, New Squadronaires, and the Glenn Miller Tribute band amongst others. She has also danced in Television and Big Screen productions such as Foyle's War, William and Mary, Being Julia, and Picadilly Jim.

Her passion for the era extends to clothing and styling and she can often be found at vintage fairs buying items to wear for dancing.

Her dancing credits include:

2002 Winner of Jack and Jill competition at Jitterbugs.

2002 Winner of Hayes Battle of Britain Dance competition

2005 2nd place in Saturday night Jive competition at War and Peace Show, Beltring, Kent.

Steve Mason

Photo of Steve Steve Mason has been Swing dancing since 2002. He initially studied East Coast Swing before progressing to Lindy Hop. He has taught at Pineapple Dance Studios since 2005, including the highly successful Foundation Course in Lindy Hop. He also Guest teaches for the London Swing Dance Society at the 100 Club, Oxford Street in London’s West End.

Steve is particularly keen to encourage those who feel they will never be able to learn to dance. He is able to focus on the needs of those who are not 'natural' dancers to enable them to develop these skills. In addition to this he really enjoys introducing new ideas and concepts to more experienced dancers.

Together with Caron Steve has been involved in a large number of events around the country and in Jersey. These events have included Teaching and performing. Steve is a member of the Guild of Professional Teachers of Dance, Movement to Music and Dramatic Arts.

Steve has a great interest in the music of the 30's to the 50's. He has been interested in Big Band music sine he was a child and has been collecting Swing music since he started dancing. Steve also enjoys listening and dancing to Rhythm and Blues, Hillbilly Boogie and Western Swing. As 'Dr Swing' he is resident DJ at 'Nosey Joe's' and 'Saturday Night Swing Club' but has also appeared as a guest DJ at many clubs including 'Hula Boogie', 'Rhythm Lounge', 'Helzappopin', 'Gangbusters' and 'Stompin'' at the 100 Club. He is also very interested in thirties and forties lifestyle and fashion as is often seen dancing in vintage clothing.

In 2005 Steve and Caron came 2nd place in the Saturday Night Jive Competition at the War and Peace Show, Beltring, Kent.