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 335 dances, of which 186 have been co-choreographed. Their first published stepsheet on CopperKnob is King Of The Road from October 2007, with their most recent stepsheet of Be My Own Man in June 2025.
Additionally, Jo Thompson Szymanski had a CopperKnob no.1 dance in December 2023 with Un Poquito.
Chorégraphe Stepsheets
32 Compte 2 Mur Intermediate Musique: Y2K - Ronnie Beard
80 Compte 2 Mur Intermediate Musique: Yes - Merry Clayton : (from Dirty Dancing Movie Soundtrack)
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Dizzy - Scooter Lee
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Catch - Brett Young
32 Compte 4 Mur Low Intermediate Musique: Chill - Lisa
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Think - Aretha Franklin
32 Compte 4 Mur Ultra Beginner Musique: Last Time Uh-Huh - Scooter Lee
64 Compte 4 Mur - Musique: Country Down to My Soul - Lee Roy Parnell
64 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Jukebox - Michael Martin Murphey
32 Compte 4 Mur Easy Intermediate Musique: Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (American Idol Performance) - Kree Harrison
32 Compte 4 Mur Easy Intermediate Musique: Lil Mama - Jain : (Album: Zanaka)
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate / Advanced hustle Musique: Just Got Paid - *NSYNC
32 Compte 4 Mur Improver Musique: Giddy Up - Rick Tippe
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Boom Pow - Alexandra Stan : (Album: Alesta)
32 Compte 4 Mur Improver Musique: Just Fly - Max Barskih : (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
32 Compte 4 Mur Beginner Musique: How Long - Eagles
32 Compte 4 Mur Beginner Musique: The Twist - Ronnie McDowell
64 Compte 2 Mur Phrased Intermediate Musique: Wild - Lolo : (2:31)
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Cruisin' - Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis
32 Compte 4 Mur Improver Musique: Til the Shackles Fall Off - Scooter Lee
