Forte Dance Owner
Tessa Antolini
IMPORTANT!
Tessa is currently on medical leave and not offering lessons at this time.
Please check back in spring 2024 for more information.
Tessa is an All-Star West Coast Swing competitor and experienced instructor offering partnered dance instruction to the people of the metro Boston area. From beginners to advanced, social dancers to competitors, she is excited to share her passion for dance and technical expertise to you!
Pre-Covid-shutdown, Tessa was a finalist in All Star competitions throughout the world. She is a 2019 semi-finalist in the Classic Routine division of The US Open, and is the 2017 Open Swing Dance Championship 6th-Place All-Star Finalist. She is an active competitor and judge on the World Swing Dance Council and the National Association of Swing Dance competitive circuits. Any given weekend you will find her in another US or European city, competing, training, and educating other dancers in this incredibly dynamic dance. She most recently was an All-Star Finalist at Capital Swing in January 2020, and a semi-finalist at the world’s largest WCS event MADJam in March 2020.
When not on the road or teaching, she spends time training for Ultra Marathons in the hills and mountains of Midcoast Maine with her weimeraner Porter.
"Partnered Dancing: No other art form combines so many of my passions: music, acting, movement, physics, story telling, performance and human interaction" --Tessa Antolini
WEST COAST SWING
2020 Capital Swing All Star Finalist
2019 DCSX All Star Finalist
2019 Wild Wild Westie All Star 5th Place Finalist
2018 Swing Dance America 5th Place Classic Routine Finalist
2018 Swing Dance America All Star 6th Place Finalist
2018 City of Angels All Star 3rd Place Finalist
2018 MADJam Strictly All Star Finalist
2018 Rose City Swing All Star 7th Place Finalist
2017 Open Swing Dance Championships All Star 6th Place Finalist
2017 Swingin' New England All Star 2nd Place Finalist
2017 Halloween Swing Thing All Star Finalist
2017 Meet Me In St. Louis All Star 5th Place Finalist
2017 Summer Hummer All Star Finalist
2017 Jack &Jill O'Rama All Star Finalist
EDUCATION
BFA in Acting from Boston University: School of Theater
Graduate of London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts
Georges Valley High School Valedictorian
12 years Ballet training
20 years classic music training (violin, voice, & trombone)
Coaches
WEST COAST SWING
Robert Royston
Brandi Guild
Deborah Székely
SMOOTH & STANDARD
Eddie Simon
Larinda McRaven
Mayo Alanen
Glenn Weiss
RHYTHM
Kasia Kozak
Helle Rusholt Yi
Kelly Stangle
Frankie Del Aguila