In addition to line dancing, Jo’s teaching and dancing experience spans the fields of Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Country, Swing, Salsa, Ballroom, Square Dancing, Round Dancing, Clogging, and Latin. Demand for Jo’s teaching has taken her to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, The Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and all over the United States and Europe. In 2002 she retired from traveling to start a family.
In November of 2004 Jo was diagnosed with a very rare bone marrow disease, Aplastic Anemia. The disease also affected her joints requiring total replacement surgeries on both hips and multiple surgeries on her knees and shoulders. Gladly, through wonderful doctors and lots of prayer, the disease is now in remission and Jo is able to get back to her love of dance! Jo resides in Highlands Ranch, Colorado with her husband, Tim, and their 4 1/2 year old daughter Anna.
Jo Thompson Szymanski has choreographed 319 dances, of which 171 have been co-choreographed. Their first published stepsheet on CopperKnob is King Of The Road from October 2007, with their most recent stepsheet of Un Poquito in November 2023.
Additionally, Jo Thompson Szymanski currently has a CopperKnob no.1 dance with Un Poquito, and has recently had 5 other dances in the top 10.
Choreographer Stepsheets
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Un Poquito - Diego Torres & Carlos Vives
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Dance (Our Own Party) - The Busker
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Dance (Our Own Party) - The Busker
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Double Dutch Bus (Radio Edit) - Frankie Smith
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Wet Tennis - Sofi Tukker
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Double Dutch Bus (Radio Edit) - Frankie Smith
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Wet Tennis - Sofi Tukker
32 Count - Wall Chair Dance Music: You Never Can Tell - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wall Newcomer / Beginner - Walker Music: Locomotion - Scooter Lee
24 Count 4 Wall Beginner / Intermediate - Walker Music: Somebody Loves You - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wall Ultra Beginner - Walker Music: Barefootin' - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wall Newcomer - Walker Music: Cool Cool Mardi Gras - Scooter Lee
32 Count 1 Wall Newcomer - Walker Music: Honey Hush - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wall Intermédiaire WCS Music: 3 Tequila Floor - Josiah Siska
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: 3 Tequila Floor - Josiah Siska
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: You Gotta Move - Sam Cooke
48 Count 4 Wall Improver - Waltz Music: Friends for a Day and Age - Nancy Hays
48 Count 2 Wall Novice Music: Never Gonna Fool Me - Matt Dusk
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: 6's to 9's (feat. Rationale) - Big Wild
48 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Shama Lama Ding Dong - Scooter Lee : (2022 version)
