Tom Roeder

The Guinness Book of World Records officially certified the “most swing dance flips per minute.” Who: THOMAS ROEDER What: 40 TOTAL NUMBER Where: UNITED STATES (IOWA CITY) When: 05 MAY 2017 The most swing dance flips in a minute is 40, and was achieved by Thomas Roeder (USA) at the University of Iowa Hall of Fame museum, […]

Study after study is showing the incredible health benefits of dancing, physically, mentally and emotionally.     Dancing is perhaps the best form of exercise there is, because it affects each of these areas, no other form of exercise does that.   The important thing is just get started dancing! Take a dance class, if

Tom Roeder The Swing Dancer joined Justin Roberts on Newsradio 600 WMT today for a great interview! They talked about how Tom reclaimed the World Record for flips per minute a second time! Tom also explained how dance is good for health and how dancing may help lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by 76%

This past week our Swing Dancer video reached 1 Million views on YouTube! Watch a copy of the video here: In 2005 Jeri and I made an instructional swing dance dvd, which was posted to YouTube in 2013. In 2007 Lisa-Marie, Shirley, Jeri and I were invited to be the opening act for Sabato Gigante,

The evidence is overwhelming  on what dancing can do for you!   We all have busy lives and we can’t devote several hours each day to dancing, however, with planning, we could fit a few hours of dancing during each week.   Read more here about the Health Benefits of Dance A half an hour

This AARP article goes over the amazing health benefits of dancing.   http://www.aarp.org/health/fitness/info-03-2011/dance-for-health.html From physical, to emotional, to mental the benefits are so many. My passion is to make as many people aware of these health benefits and to get as many people dancing as possible!      

We did it! We reclaimed the Guinness World Record for doing the most swing dance flips in one minute 40 flips in actually in 58 seconds! The record has been in India since 2011, it will return to IOWA! My dance partners were incredible, Marissa, Sadie, Rachel and Emma. It was also the start of

On Friday May 5, 2017 Tom Roeder, The Swing Dancer, reclaimed the world record but his day started off at the KRNA radio studios for an interview and you can watch the video here: Read More: Guinness World Record Attempt in the KRNA Studio   

Guinness World Records invited my dance partners and to perform at the Guinness World Record anniversary party in New York City It was an excellent time, we received VIP passes to see “Live with Regis and Kelly”, toured New York City and finished up the trip performing our swing dance flips.  The entire dancing experience

In 2005, my dance partner Shirley and I were invited out to The Last Call with Carson Daly Show, in Hollywood, for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s swing night. Instead of being one of a number of swing dancers in the audience, the Carson Daly Show decided to put us right up by the stage, and