Karine Hermes is a professional swing dance instructor,  performer, choreographer and organizer based in Los Angeles. She has taught in festivals all around the world since 2015, and is a beloved swing dance community leader in L.A., teaching group and private classes, coaching award-winning competition teams, hosting events and festivals, performing in shows and events, dancing in movies, commercials, music videos, and coaching actors for tv shows, film and Broadway.

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Among her credits are movies: "On Swift Horses" (2025), "Babylon" (Paramount, 2022); TV shows: "All that" (Nickelodeon, 2020), "A league of their own" (Prime, 2019), "Encontro com a Fatima" (Globo, 2014); Short films: “In time” (Prime, 2019), “Volare” (USC, 2024). She has also toured the USA with multiple symphony orchestra groups in the live show “Swing’s the Thing”.

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Karine is originally from Brazil and she has a background in Ballet, Jazz and Belly dance before her discovery of Rockabilly in 2011. She is passionate about all the various styles of swing dancing, such as Lindy Hop, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Blues and more.

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Karine and Hunter Krikac have been partnering since 2018. Their elegant style and lightness, uniquely impress crowds and audiences. Together they have also won 1st place at Camp Jitterbug 2024 (Open Couples), 1st at LA Shag 2018 (Showcase), 2nd at Bcn Shag Festival 2018 (Strictly), 3rd at Minor Swing (Triple Threat), and 4th (Open Classic) and 5th (Open Strictly) at Camp Hollywood 2022.

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Karine is known for her gracefulness and elegance. She believes in the inclusiveness of dance, and that everyone should bring a bit of themselves and their own style to the dance floor. Among her biggest satisfactions is the overcoming of limits through dance, whether her own or when guiding others.